[CQ-Contest] Proposed rule changes

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

If what Dick suggests is true, that WW has become a typing contest, and it really is the intent to prevent the correction of honest fat-finger flubs, then that is the height of silliness?

The CQ rules are silent on what constitutes a complete QSO, as well. Unlike ARRL, which states a complete QSO is when the calls and exchanges have been sent, received, ack'd and logged correctly. 

If we accept that definition, and in the absence of a definition by CQ, then if you correct an honest typo, you are not correcting the log after the QSO: your correction marks the completion of it. 

Because what Dick is suggesting would make this illegal: you're running and respond to a caller but get a letter off. He corrects but due to QSB or QRM, you don't hear his correction until after you've hit enter and he slips in his correct call before the next caller. But you've logged it wrongly, so you can't go back and fix?

Really?

Ambulance dispatcher: unit 7, suspected cardiac arrest, 738 Mrs. Robinson Way. 

Ambulance: 738 Mrs. Robertson way, ack. 

A minute later: was that Mrs. Robertson Way or Mrs. Robinson Way?

Ambulance dispatcher: sorry, no post QSO corrections allowed. You must proceed to the address you wrote down. 

73, Kelly
ve4xt 

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 23, 2015, at 21:47, "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The preview of revisions is here:
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> http://cqww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cqww_rules_2015_draft1.pdf
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> The rule says no “Correction” of logged entries. Converting the log to another format isn’t the same as correcting the log. Heck, when you tell the log program to output the log in Cabrillo format, it does a conversion from its internal format. Converting from paper to electronic is similar, though you are making additions. IMHO, additional entries are not the same as corrections to existing entries. So I think you would be OK entering the paper portion of your log after the contest, as long as you don’t make any corrections to the paper or electronic log. Again, it’s not a change in the information, just a format conversion.
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> If you were worried about it, you could print off the electronic log, add the paper log pages, and mail them to CQ. The rules say they still accept paper logs.
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> 73, Dick WC1M
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> From: Jeff Stai [mailto:wk6i.jeff at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 5:23 PM
> To: wc1m73 at gmail.com
> Cc: Dennis McAlpine; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rule changes
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> Fair enough. I must not be looking at the right draft. But...
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> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com <mailto:wc1m73 at gmail.com> > wrote:
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> 3.       Absolutely no editing of the log after the contest is over or the claimed number of operating hours has been reached
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> So let's say, for what ever reason, I lose my computer for half an hour. I continue on paper - I am running after all and don't care about dupes. I get my computer back, continue computer logging, and at 2400z the contest ends.
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> So does typing in the paper log after the contest ends constitute editing or merging? Is merging even permitted?
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> 73 jeff wk6i
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