[CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

There are much better ways to report these issues than via the contest
reflector.  A look at the public log reveals the problem.

http://www.cqww.com/publiclogs/2015cw/w9il.log

W9IL submitted a log showing all sent exchanges as zone 4.

Computers are very happy doing simple checking.  They are not so smart to
know when the input data is incorrect.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Oliver Dröse
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 9:47 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?
> 
> Same question/request goes to the log checkers! Or how else would such a
> thing happen? ;-)
> 
> *************** Incorrect Exchange Information ***************
> 21045 CW 2015-11-29 1622 DH8BQA          14 W9IL             5 correct
> 4
> 
> This is the corresponding audio recording:
> http://www.dh8bqa.de/cqwwcw2015audio/log/W9IL_de_DH8BQA_CQWWCW_CW_2015112
> 9_162227Z_21MHz.mp3
> 
> 
> Definitely copied correctly (my contest software defaulted to 4, had to
> change it manually to 5) but the log checking software had it wrong! Not
> that it would have made a big difference in the final ranking but still
> there's some potential ... ;-)
> 
> 73, Olli - DH8BQA
> 
> Contest, DX & radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de
> 
> 
> Am 09.04.2016 um 15:49 schrieb Barry:
> > Yup. I haven't lived in zone 5/PA for 7 years, and still see quite a
> > few miscopied zone/state errors in my LCRs.  I am listed as a
> > zone/state exception in the SCP file.  How hard is it to update it at
> > least once a decade?  :-)
> >
> > Barry W2UP
> >
> > On 4/9/2016 06:47, Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest wrote:
> >> A major congratulations of the CQWW crew for getting out the 2015
> >> CQWW CW (and SSB) results out in such a timely manner!
> >>
> >> My log checking report was a very interesting reflection of the role
> >> of computers in today’s contesting world. I operated QRP from our new
> >> winter QTH in Florida (actually at a waterfront park, not our condo).
> >> But to the computer world, I’m in zone 4, presumably back in Ohio.
> >> Out of my 536 valid QSOs, 196 “copied” me in zone 4! An additional
> >> six guys who miscopied my call also put me there.
> >>
> >> I expected a lot of such errors, as I could tell from the rhythm of
> >> the QSO that a lot of people had not taken the extra second to type a
> >> “5”. But the number of miscopies, or more precisely non-copies,
> >> greatly exceeded expectations.
> >>
> >> I’ll be back in zone 4 in another week, so don’t move me permanently
> >> to zone 5. Just copy what I send !
> >>
> >>
> >> 73  -  Jim    K8MR
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