[CQ-Contest] Log what he sends?

David Siddall hhamwv at gmail.com
Tue Nov 28 13:03:16 EST 2017


The CQWW FAQ offers sensible advice and is clear on this point.

*"*Log the zone based on their location.... No matter what someone sends
you, it is your responsibility to convert it into the zone number you
thought they were trying to communicate."

http://cqww.com/rules_faq.htm#LQ

73, Dave K3ZJ


On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pete.
>
> I had some significant problems with my YCCC box the first night of the
> contest.  It would send with pauses and interruptions in the sending.  I
> was thinking I would not even finish the contest.  I can't imagine that
> this ended up being the solution but after trying everything imaginable,
> like rebooting everything multiple times, I finally shut off the Total
> Recorder software and stopped the recording process. Everything started
> working after that.  Log it as 8, I say.  That is what was programmed from
> the start.
>
> Stan, ZF9CW
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 2:08 PM, <w1rm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Age old question.  ZF9CW was clearly sending 7 not 8 early in the
> contest.
> > When I worked him on another band, he sent 8.
> >
> > So do you log 7 and make the point that's what he sent or do you log the
> > correct zone, 8?
> >
> > Pete, W1RM
> >
> > W1RM at Comcast.net
>


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