[CQ-Contest] The legacy of not working dupes

[Jim Rhodes]

Decades ago I was in charge of converting the club to computer logging for
Field Day. Had a guy operating in the wee small hours who refused to touch
the computer. Said he didn't think it was "traditional" and if I wanted a
computer log I could type them in myself. (Not to my face, to the operator
he was relieving.) When I saw his paper log in the morning I saw that he
had worked a station and logged frequency and time then tuned up the band
and worked another station and logged it. Then tuned back down the band and
worked station 1 again. Then up the band and reworked station 2. Rinse and
repeat more than a dozen times. Logged a couple dozen contacts with 2
stations that were dupes the first time he worked them. But he did keep at
it I have to admit. Logged right up through 2800 (local time of course). I
just threw the paper away after everyone had a good laugh.

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 17:01 WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> wrote:

> Had a W0 call me 4 times in about 40 minutes....I can understand one,
> maybe two.....but come on man !!! Also had one guy send me an email
> apologizing for the dupe, software trouble on his end, I said no problem I
> work all dupes anyway.....but you’re right , this year was the worst,
> nearly 30 dupes in just over 1000 qsos....
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 6, 2020, at 5:41 PM, Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com> wrote:
> >
> > I worked a LOT of dupes in the RU this year.  Some were coming for the
> 3rd time on the same band!  In this contest it's not uncommon but just
> seemed more than the usual - I suppose that's a reflection of some guys
> playing in the RTTY RU and not using a proper logger, or FTx guys trying
> their hand at RTTY.   Don't mind working dupes at all because sometimes
> they get my call wrong or I log it wrong on my end.  And it only takes a
> few seconds to work them again.  It's normally faster than doing a dance to
> figure out what's in the log that's needs to be fixed.  And it's better to
> be safe and in the log than short by one on the long end.  Or maybe I have
> it wrong and cool dudes don't work dupes.
> >
> > Funny story to relay from the RTTY RU.  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!
> >
> > So every contest club needs to open their 2020 meetings again with
> "always work the dupes."
> >
> > 73/jeff/ac0c
> > alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
> > www.ac0c.com
> >
> >
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