[CQ-Contest] Log what he sends?

[David Pruett]

Jeff,

Do you really need to ask this question?

If somebody sends you an exchange that doesn’t make sense, ASK FOR A FILL.

The logcheckers will probably check your log against what his log claims he sent.  If you copy what he sends the first time (but doesn’t make sense), you MAY get lucky and it will match (good for you) or you MAY NOT (ex: ZF9CW where his computer was trying to send “8”, but the hardware mangled it to “7”, I’ll bet his log shows 8).  Although a fill might not help in the case of what ZF9CW had to suffer thru, in most cases with a fill you may have a second exchange to compare and you can make a better decision.

73, Dave

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> On Nov 30, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
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> Ok. So how do I handle this situation? Say I'm on  DXpedtion and a DL sends me 599 100. There are lots of people that operate CQWW that aren't contesters that know what they are supposed to send. Maybe they think they are supposed to a serial number.  I know DL is zone 14 and log it that way. Besides I don't think N1MM logger will accept a number above 40 or text in the zone field. I actually had a 7O station work me in the contest which I'm pretty sure CQ will remove from my log. He sent me 599 4. I'm sure it's not a broken call on my part because I recorded the contest.
> Jeff KU8E / PJ4A
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