[CQ-Contest] Proposed rule changes

Jeff Stai wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Sat May 23 16:33:13 EDT 2015


No, I'm sorry. It says "other methods of confirming QSOs" NOT "other
methods". Here:

1. I type in everything and hit enter
2. One nanosecond later I notice something is wrong.
3. I do what I need to do to transmit a correction if necessary (not always
necessary), to meet the log what you transmit rule.
4. Because I am in a run, and messing with the editing in my logger takes
me away from the run, I scribble the correction on a notepad I keep for the
purpose.
5. After the contest I edit in all the scribbled corrections.

There is nothing in this process that exhibits an "other method of
confirming the QSO". 73 jeff wk6i



On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Here is the proposed wording:
> >
> >  Correction of logged call signs and exchanges after a QSO is complete –
> by
> > using use of any database, recordings, email or other methods of
> confirming
> > QSOs – is not allowed.
> >
> > I don't see how that prohibits post-contest correction of typos and the
> like.
> > 73 jeff wk6i
>
> Because "other methods" is so broad as to prevent you from looking at a
> call, realizing you got it wrong (say, based on experience or a list of
> active calls you saw before the contest) and changing it. Even a nanosecond
> after you hit Enter.
>
>  As worded, the change prohibits any editing of the log. The additional
> rule under Logging also prohibits most editing of the log, but it's more
> rational: what you log must match what you sent and received. This allows
> you to correct typos, provided the log matches what was sent and received
> (as, for example, recorded by you or the committee.)
>
> But the new wording in IX.9 eliminates the ability to correct typos,
> resulting in a potential penalty for busted copy and/or breaking the
> logging rule. In my opinion, there's no need for this change because the
> "log must match what was sent and received" standard is the correct one,
> and the previous wording of IX.9 prohibited any alteration of the log after
> the contest. If you sent and received everything correctly, but made a typo
> in your log, you could correct it during the contest in order to comply
> with the logging rule.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
>
>


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