[CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A

[V Sidarau]

Sounds like a pretty nice solution for overlapping contests. I particularly mean quite problematic combos of RAC Winter + 9A in December and Ontario QP + CQMM in April.  
Actually for the last 2 years or so the CQMM log adjudicators already asked me for a copy of my (OnQP) log for their (CQMM) log checking purposes. It means, the idea is not new for them. I hope, other contest adjudicators will also accept and follow that. Once this system is established, it will simply mean more QSOs and more fun for contesters.

The idea is so simple and so obvious that I am quite shocked, why it has not been established and promoted long before. Or it had already been established and I simply missed that?

73,

Vlad VE3TM

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-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+vs_otw=rogers.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 10:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A

How about submitting your RAC log to 9A as a Checklog. I think that's what I'll do. 
73,Ken, AB1J



-----Original Message-----
From: John Laney <k4bai at att.net>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 20, 2020 09:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A


A lot of the European and especially eastern European contests give 
credit for QSOs only if both stations send in a log.  I was concerned 
that I may have wrongly decided which contest one or two stations were 
in this weekend and may have cost them a lost QSO or penalty.  I kept 
two separate logs, but it wasn't easy if a station called me after I 
sent CQ RAC or if I called a TEST station who didn't say which contest 
he was in.  Generally, on Saturday when the contests overlapped, I had 
to assume that an European and particularly an eastern European station 
was in the 9A contest if I was calling him.  If he called me after I 
called CQ RAC and he was really in the 9A contest, I guess he assumed to 
risk.  73, John, K4BAI.

On 12/19/2020 8:02 PM, Dan Violette wrote:
> I suspect if you do not turn in an RAC log they will be uniques at worst.  You being in more than one log submitted they won't even be that.  They will be counted as good QSOs (which they actually were).
>
> Dan KI6X
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+danki6x=socal.rr.com at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Bookout
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 3:37 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A
>
> Scott,
>
> I was in the 9A contest on/off today.  I specifically set my CQ message to '9A test NR4M NR4M' to dissuade people in the RAC from calling me. After the 3rd VE, I just entered '001' instead of 'ON', 'SK' or whatever.  N1MM didn't like what they sent and I didn't feel like arguing with them.
>
> Then, I changed my 'TU' message to 'TU NR4M 9A TEST', and still got RAC contestants.  There were also US stations sending me serial numbers of
> 300 plus.  Find that hard to believe that were in the 9A contest.  I'm quite sure these were people just clicking on spots and didn't have the ability to actually copy what I was sending.
>
> There surely will be a bunch of NIL's.
>
> 73 de Steve, NR4M
>
> On 12/19/2020 5:30 PM, K9MA wrote:
>
>> It's too bad these contests overlap, and that the exchanges are so
>> similar. Not all those calling CQ specify which one they are in. There
>> surely will be a lot of NIL penalties.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Scott K9MA
>>
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