[CQ-Contest] The legacy of not working dupes

[Edward Sawyer]

The "no dupes" came from the fact that it was very difficult to weed the dupes out of the logs back before computerized logging.  So "loading up on dupes" was a way of "padding the log" and was penalized early on in the score keeping.  Today the reverse is true.

The days of sending with one hand and paper logging and dupe sheeting with the other are long gone too.

Ed  N1UR

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Blaine
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 9:55 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The legacy of not working dupes

It was pretty funny Mike.  But unfortunately in a "watch me shoot my 
foot" sort of way.  I got into contesting way too late and missed 
whatever it was that drove the no-dupes obsession back in the day.  Must 
have had something to do with paper logging or labor or something like 
that.  I'm sure there was a good reason the practice got started.  
Clearly that original momentum has plenty of legs even now when it seems 
the no-dupe thing is actually bad for biz.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com


On 1/6/20 6:17 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> Jeff,
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> 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!"
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> 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.)
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> That'd be a new one on me.  Mike VE9AA
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> "..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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> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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> www.ac0c.com
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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