[CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

[Tom Horton]

There are many contests when I just cannot, don't want to, really get involved in. Many is the time I will work K5ZD, K1AR, K3ZO, N4ZR or any number of guys. But I usually always make sure to make more than one Q with guys that I know will send in logs just so I won't be a "unique" in their logs.I personally vote no to removing all uniques.  After all there are surely hundreds of thousands of hams out there that need a TX QSO!73, Tom K5IIDFinally there is a bit of joy in Mudville!http://www.dfwcontest.com K5IID Tom HortonFt. Worth Texas, 76133E sorter for ARRL W5 bureauSame call since 1956 


     On Monday, September 7, 2015 11:15 PM, Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com> wrote:
   

 I got the same impression from the survey.  I also feel the same way
regarding removal of uniques.  I was taken aback at the idea that someone
might have 50% uniques.  Surely there is some way of DQ someone for this
besides deleting a couple of uniques form everyone's logs.  Since I have
stopped contesting for a score, I frequently get on and make a couple of Qs
in a contest or possibly work a new one. 

Bill W5VX

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john at kk9a.com
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 6:44 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

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

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