[CQ-Contest] Log what was sent

[K9MA]

In case an obviously incorrect or impossible exchange, it seems to me the sensible thing is to delete the QSO.  Otherwise, it's a guaranteed penalty for me, as opposed to a NIL for the other operator. 

73,

Scott. K9MA


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Scott Ellington

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> On Sep 27, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Prasad VU2PTT <vu2ptt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And another case where KP4BD was sending Zone 11 which I logged instead of
> 08.
> 
> 73 de Prasad VU2PTT
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:37 PM, john at kk9a.com <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I would like to know what the WW committee thinks about your statement?
>> For example, one W6 station last weekend sent me 04 04 CA CA which printed
>> clearly on multiple decoders. This is not physically possible!  What about
>> the station that sends 001 OH? Logging an obviously incorrect zone does
>> not seem like the right thing to do and it can lead an incorrect zone
>> multiplier count.
>> 
>> John KK9A - W4AAA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To:     CQ-Contest <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
>> Subject:        [CQ-Contest] Log what was sent
>> From:   <kzerohb at gmail.com>
>> Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:49:01 +0000
>> 
>> On another online venue a fellow held the opinion that when someone sends
>> an
>> inaccurate element of the contest exchange (ie., the wrong Zone for his
>> location in CQWW), that a contest operator should record the correct Zone,
>> NOT
>> the Zone that was sent to him.
>> 
>> I certainly would query the sender.  For example, if a station in Iowa sent
>> Zone “7” in CQWW (his IARU zone) instead of Zone “4” (his CQ Zone), but if
>> he
>> confirmed Zone 7, then I feel that I am obligated to log what he sent.
>> 
>> After all, isn’t contesting all about our skill at accurately copying and
>> precisely logging  what was sent to us?
>> 
>> If that isn’t true, then why not just exchange callsigns and let our
>> computers
>> fill in the blanks?
>> 
>> “What year was I licensed in?  Damn, I forgot again.  I’ll make up a
>> number and
>> you never mind what I sent, just let N1MM  fill in the blank.”
>> 
>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>> 
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