[CQ-Contest] Dupes in FAQ's

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

 Due to limited available time last weekend, I was only able to get on for a very short stretch.  (Sorry gang, but family does come first, even if they don't always believe it)


So I had to chuckle when the following occurred (call and SN changed to protect the clueless):


Me:  XX4QST, QSL, Five Nine, Number Zero Zero Six
Them:  Your number?  Your number?
Me:  SIX.  ZERO ZERO SIX.  SIX.
Them:  Your number Six?  Your number Six?
(Well, even late Friday evening/early Saturday morning depending on the local time, hearing that low a SN can be odd.  Shouldn't be, but never mind that)
Me:  ROGER ROGER ROGER.  
Them:  Number Six.  OK.  Wait.  You sure you're not a dupe?


Now, I may not be the crusty old f... timer that some are, but I have been around a while.  I do think that if I've worked under 10 stations, I can be pretty certain that they're NOT dupes.  But maybe that's just me.


73, ron w3wn

On 03/30/16, Tim Shoppa wrote:

Everyone was on one end or the other of the "you're a dupe"/"no I'm not"/"I
can't put you in the log again or I'll be penalized"/"no you won't be
penalized"/"look I worked you at xxxx" conversation this past weekend. It
hurts rate to have the conversation never mind the effort of spotting the
busted call several thousand QSO's ago in a big log - a job that I'm glad
is the logcheckers, and not mine!

I love the way the CQ WW FAQ talks about dupes. I strongly recommend that
this wording be plagiarized for every contest:

Q: Should I work and log duplicates? How are they counted by the log
checking?

A: Yes! Please log all contacts that you make even if they are duplicates.

Tim N3QE
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