[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] June 06 VHF QSO Party LCRsnow available

[Jim Worsham]

I stand corrected.  That was in the general rules which I have not looked at
as closely as I have the 50 MHz and up rules.  As Brian said, we are just
going to have to start being a bit more careful with the logging.  One othet
thing, you are DQed if your dupes exceed 2%.  That isn't that many dupes.
In our case we had .5% (4) dupes.  If we had 16 we would be Dqed.

73
Jim, W4KXY

-----Original Message-----
From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brian McCarthy
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:09 PM
To: fourlanders at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] June 06 VHF QSO Party LCRsnow
available

Seeing my callsign instead of W4NH does seem really odd. I will look at the
submitted file to see if it gives me any clue as to why this might have
happened. I will let everyone know what I find.

I am also relieved to see that there are no deductions from 222 MHz.
As I expected, most of our deductions are from 50 MHz where conditions and
congestion conspire against us much of the time. Since I also answer the QSL
cards, I also see that virtually all of the cards that we get that are not
in our log are from 50 MHz. What it really means is that the scoring of
contests is no longer on the honor system. We will be cross checked. As long
as the same rules are applied to everyone, I see no problem with it.

What this really means is that we will need to be extra vigilant and careful
about accuracy. Some of those marginal situations where we think we worked
someone may no longer be appropriate to leave in the log. When in doubt,
flag the contact for extra attention in the log.
Don't just press enter and call CQ.

Some people have expressed concern or consternation at the ARRL for
assessing penalities. They have had the right to do so for quite some time
as it has been in the published rules. See:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/ and follow the link "Disqualifications and
penalties" (http://www.arrl.org/contests/dq.html). In the text you will
find, "Score reduction may be made for taking credit for unconfirmed QSOs or
multipliers, duplicate contacts or other scoring discrepancies."

I had always wondered when the ARRL was going to exercise the scoring
methods as used in the HF contests on the VHF contests. Now we know. I just
hope they will not wait the same amount of time to implement VUCC support on
LOTW (>5 years) after the initiation of DXCC (primarily for
HF) support.

Later,
Brian
NX9O
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