[CQ-Contest] CQWW CW LCR "incorrect call"

[Barry W2UP]

Happens to me all the time, Jim.

Every major contest, about 10% of the exchanges are entered wrong.  In my
case, I've lived in zone 4 for 15 years now (though I have done an
occasional remote from zone 5), AND I am listed as a callsign exception in
the CTY files as Z4/CO, so if the CTY file has been downloaded/updated in
the last 10+ years, the prefill should be correct.  It's a msystery!

And similarly, in ARRL DX, despite being in CO for 15 years now, I still
see LCR busts where I've been "copied" in PA (not for 15 years), or once in
a while in NY (not for almost 50 years) or even NJ (never).

Barry W2UP

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 11:33 AM jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

>  Or "incorrect exchanges".
>
> Apparently the "5NN" as a cut number for "Please copy" does not always
> work. I had 172 of my 640 raw QSOs "copy" me in Zone 4. Not in Zone 5 in
> Florida, where I did the contest.
>
> I was QRP, which might have made things a bit tougher. However, I can
> notice a slight difference in timing when operating. The folks who change
> the prefilled "4" to "5" take a second or so to do that. I suspect most of
> the 172 who put me in zone 4 probably took a millisecond or two to confirm.
>
>
> 73  -   Jim   K8MR
>
>
>     On Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 10:10:29 AM EST, Mike Smith VE9AA <
> ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>  To all serious contesters:
>
>
>
> I have no complaints. Overall I am pretty happy with my performance but am
> wondering about the growing list of "incorrect calls" that I have this
> year.
> I am always looking to improve.
>
>
>
> I am 'about' where I am every big contest. 1.4% error and 4.7% score
> reduction.  I have seen it a little less, but this was a long test at
> nearly
> 3900 Q's
>
>
>
> It's the list of 38 "incorrect calls" I have that I am curious about.  I
> mostly ran and was unassisted, so I need to work on copying calls
> correctly(that much is obvious) . Some calls had more than one typo/error
> in
> them but as the runner I sent these busted calls back to the caller and
> nobody corrected me?!
>
>
>
> Is this because they are not affected(score-wise) if I butcher their call?
> (am I understanding that correctly?)
>
>
>
> Anyone else seeing this trend?
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA (btw, I am not KE9AA, there are no VA9's, no 2x1 VE9 calls and
> VE8AA is not a contester)
>
>
>
> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
>
>
>
>
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