[CQ-Contest] Proposed rule changes

[Gary K9GS]

So..if I'm running on 20M and work WC1M on CW.  Then after hitting enter 
and logging the QSO I notice I typed W1CM in error ( I am a really 
crappy typist ) I should not be able to correct my typo?  Are we 
measuring typing skills now?

I guess my recording would verify that I copied, sent and worked WC1M 
correctly.



On 5/23/2015 3:15 PM, Dick Green WC1M 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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