[CQ-Contest] Log what was sent

[Kelly Taylor]

Because getting worked up over trivial matters is what this forum has devolved to. 

73, kelly, ve4xt 

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> On Sep 30, 2016, at 12:48, Maarten van R <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe it the difference in age or perhaps it has something to do with
> having a different cultural background, but I don't get why some of you get
> worked up about this.
> IMHO the CQWW never had anything with copying the exchange correctly. It's
> about getting the callsigns and running high rates. If copying the exchange
> was that important, then they wouldn't have chosen the CQ zone number as
> part of the exchange. For over 90% of the contact you can derive the CQ
> zone simply by looking at the prefix. No need to copy it. Furthermore, why
> do get all worked up about this while everybody seems perfectly OK with
> just logging 59 or 5NN even if someone sends a different report?
> 
> If copying the exchange is that important then choose something like a
> serial number or any other random number as part of the exchange. Even
> something like the operators age or year he/she was first licensed could be
> derived from last years log. We all know there are contest who use serial
> numbers. This one doesn't and I for one am glad that this one is different.
> 
> I think discussions like this are great because we should strive to make
> the CQWW even better then it already is. But keep in mind that CQWW is
> still the most popular contest on the calendar so it seems like most
> entrants are perfectly happy the way it is. Furthermore, we most not forget
> that perhaps only 2% of all CQWW entrants are giving their opinions on this
> reflector.
> 
> 73, Maarten PD2R
> 
> 2016-09-30 1:43 GMT+02:00 <kzerohb at gmail.com>:
> 
>> If that is true, it is a ludicrous instruction.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Radio contesting should reward the skills of accurate copy and reporting
>> of radio transmissions, not skill at memorizing a “callsign vs. CQ Zone”
>> lookup table.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> 
>> From: Maarten van R <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com>
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>> 
>> 
>> Like David said, CQWW says you should log the correct zone based on the
>> 
>> location, not what was send.
>> 
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