[CQ-Contest] Log what was sent

[Maarten van R]

Like David said, CQWW says you should log the correct zone based on the
location, not what was send. Same thing with cut numbers used for CQ zone
numbers.
See:http://www.cqww.com/rules_faq.htm
This contradicts with the "log what was send" rule but it actually seems
fairly logical. If the other station doesn't submit his log, the logchecker
can not possibly know what was actually send but it does know what the
correct zone number should be based on the location of the station.
As others have asked, what happens when the other op does submit his log
with the wrong number? Then the log checker does know what was send over
the air.

As I read the rules and the FAQ section on the CQWW website, the rule
is pretty clear. Log the correct number based on the location, no matter
what was actually send over the air.
This should cover the majority of the mistakes except for a few NA or
Russian stations where their callsign puts them is a different location
then they actually are. That said, with stations from NA and Russia, one
can expect such deviations.

73, Maarten PD2R





Op woensdag 28 september 2016 heeft Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ed at w0yk.com');>> het volgende geschreven:

> Log what you send and receive, not what you think should have been sent.
> Log checking will quickly it figure out.  If you lie in your log, it just
> increases the workload of the log checker(s).  Your log should be a true
> recording of the contest.
>
> 73,
> Ed W0YK
> On Sep 27, 2016 12:07 PM, 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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