[CQ-Contest] The legacy of not working dupes

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

Jeff, 

 

Like you, I always work dupes.  I work very little RTTY, but in the bigger
CW contests, there always seem to be a very small # of EU's that will work
me 2, 3 or even 7 times.  I can only surmise they trawl up and down the
bottom end of 20m working the stronger NA stations to 'help them out' in the
contest and are probably are not using a logging program.  I had to tell one
guy one time after the 5th or 6th QSO in an hour or so "No more!"

 

I loved the "don't think so" you got. I found that very funny (and very sad
at the same time) (if that makes sense.)  

 

That'd be a new one on me.  Mike VE9AA

 

"..I was S&P and called a guy that had apparently worked me - but was not in
my log.  I got the "BEFORE" reply which I get a few times each contest and
for that case, I have a short macro that says "NIL - plz work again".  And
to my complete amazement the guy sent a reply - apparently typed by hand as
the pace was a bit slower than normal macro exchange speed - "dont think
so."   Wow, never had someone tell me that.   So the net result of this is
he lost a point because he's not in my log and that will pop in the cross
check. And we must have wasted a minute or two doing the dance.  Good move
all around, OM! .."

 

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Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB