[CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

[John Dorr]

The facts are that the HS0ZCW log in 2013 worked 679 QSOs and logged 4
uniques (0.6%). The E2E log from that same year had 1546 QSOs and logged 39
uniques or 2.5%.

So, what's the issue here? There are many folks that hold to the position
that many of the uniques we log are actually busted calls, although few
contest sponsors treat them that way. Common sense would suggest that it's
very rare in the CQWW, given its enormous global activity level, that any
operator would work a significant number of truly valid uniques. In any
case, Jukka is correct -- a 30% unique level is indeed "unique" and would
set off alarms in the log checking world.

Food for thought.

73, John, K1AR/temporary "setting the record straight" guy

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Jukka Klemola <jpklemola at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charly ..
> You got me very interested in your email.
>
> Can you please review your CQWW 2013 SSB log checking report for your
> uniques and tell the people on the email list if you really have 30% of
> your QSOs as uniques?
> It would be a record number by a huge margin !
>
> You did not submit a log for 2014 CQWW contests.
>
>
> 73,
> Jukka OH6LI
>
> 2015-09-04 0:53 GMT+03:00 Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com>:
>
> > If my contest uniques got taken out, I could lose 1/3 of my contacts and
> > assume is true with other DX stations.
> > The FACT is that I get unique calls from ops who want to work Thailand
> and
> > then do not work any other contesters.  Also, those who get on contest
> > activity to work DX and not contests often do not send in a log, either.
> >
> > ​American bosses of American contests show little understanding nor care
> > for the DX entries.  The effect is more and more DX I talk to just
> consider
> > the contests a way to work increased activity on the bands and skip the
> > logging and reporting as beside the point--after all, in the American
> > contests, DX exists to service NA and that function gets old very quick.
> > 73,
> > ​Charly, HS0ZCW
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