[CQ-Contest] The continuing lesson - log what is sent....

[Bill Coleman]

Stan,

“Bill” does not appear in my license.

And if someone logs something other than what they heard, I’m not the one that will end up with a NIL. They will — because they copied it wrong.

> On Jan 17, 2021, at 2:01 PM, Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> If you change your name on your license to what you want to be called, you
> and they both will get fewer NILs from ones that use what QRZ says.
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> Stan, K4SBZ
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> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 1:41 PM Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
>> During the NAQP Phone, I was amazed at the number of folks I contacted who
>> balked at the name I sent, insisting that their software says it should be
>> “Bill”.
>> 
>> I know it confused a few of the folks I know not to hear “Bill”, but there
>> were quite a few people I don’t know who were insisting their software says
>> my name should be “Bill”.
>> 
>> I haven’t used “Bill” in the NAQP Phone since before 2001.
>> 
>> Listen to the other operator, not your software.
>> 
>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
>> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
>> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>>            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901