[CQ-Contest] Log what he sends?

[David Siddall]

I don't write the CQWW rules, nor the FAQ.  As an entrant, I do think it a
good idea to be familiar with them.

I don't know why CQWW should be reduced to merely a CW or phone "copying"
contest.  My computer probably could do that better without me even being
present in the shack.

Part of the competition is applying human knowledge and experience.  "ZF"
NEVER can be in zone 7.  That should make a bell go off, even if one's
logging program doesn't flag it.  One should either correct the entry or
query the sender. The objective is to get it right. HOW to get it right is
the competitor's choice.  Make the wrong choice and lose points -- it's
part of the competition.  Same as knowing to answer the ZS rather than the
ZF when both answer my CQ at the same time on 160.

I am a former Western Union operator and manager.  We routinely corrected
obvious mistakes and queried back only when we didn't know what it should
be. (In my case, in teletype copy; the CW key was only for use if the
normal lines went down.)

73, Dave K3ZJ


On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Radio KØHB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave, that FAQ advice does not strike me as sensible, and is far from
> clear (in fact, it borders on self contradictory).
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> First, I have only a sketchy notion of what zone contains which prefixes,
> so “log the zone based on their location” is NOT a sensible instruction.
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> Second, if someone sends me “7” or “07” or “T7”, then  I am obliged to
> “think that they were trying to communicate” the numeric “SEVEN”.  If in
> fact they are in zone 8, then this instruction (“convert it to what I
> thought they were trying to communicate”)  is in direct conflict with the
> first phrase in your quoted FAQ.
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> Third, the purpose of the contest presumably is to test my ability to
> accurately copy the exchange, and to correctly transcribe that copy to my
> log.  It is total nonsense to hold me responsible to convert that accurate
> copy into what I “thought they were trying to communicate”.
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> 73, de Hans, K0HB
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> *From: *David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:34 AM
> *To: *cq-contest at contesting.com
> *Cc: *wa5rtg at gmail.com; Peter Chamalian W1RM <w1rm at comcast.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [CQ-Contest] Log what he sends?
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> The CQWW FAQ offers sensible advice and is clear on this point.
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> *"*Log the zone based on their location.... No matter what someone sends
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> you, it is your responsibility to convert it into the zone number you
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> thought they were trying to communicate."
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> http://cqww.com/rules_faq.htm#LQ
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> 73, Dave K3ZJ
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