[CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

[john at kk9a.com]

This subject came up as a result of the CQWW Survey.  Question 10 states: "A
unique callsign is one that is reported only by one station. Most unique
calls are copying errors. Should all QSOs with unique callsigns be removed
from the score during the log checking?"  Asking this would lead people to
believe that removing all unique IS something being considered by the
committee.  I voted no as some unique are indeed valid QSOs.

John KK9A



To:	Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: [CQ-Contest] Counting uniques
From:	John Dorr via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Reply-to:	John Dorr <k1ar at aol.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:12:33 -0400

All,

As is often said on this channel, "calm down." No one is advocating that all

uniques be removed from logs and be classified as bad calls. Of course there

are examples such as Hans' QSO and others.

The point is that in a large contest such as the CQWW, it is very rare to
work 
a station that no one else has worked, thus suggesting that many of the
unique 
QSOs that show up in logs are probably busted calls.

A high ratio of uniques is nothing more than an indicator to a log checker
for 
most contests.

No worries -- your uniqueness is safe! See you in this thread in 2018 when
we 
pick up where we left off this time. :-)

Has anyone done anything interesting this summer to get ready for the fall 
contest season?

73, John, K1AR