[CQ-Contest] Copying exchanges in ARRL DX CW

[jpescatore at aol.com]

Barry - I've been operating first K4VV and now W4AAW remotely from Maryland for a couple of years now and been seeing the pre-fill over-reliance the entire time. The biggest is probably Sweepstakes, but also the Sprint and NAQP - higher percentage in those than in the ARRL CW. 


Since all contest software does pre-fill for things like zones in CQ WW, it is hard get too outraged about the history file use. The good new is the offenders get punished by a score reduction. 


It is good to see many of the contest reports highlighting accuracy.  It is also a reason I find contests with serial numbers to be more fun and challenging - and I almost enjoy working the guys who change their CK every year in Sweepstakes!


73 John K3TN