[RTTY] Post-contest thoughts

[Wolf, DL6JZ]

I am sure there are more than 2 reasons for a dupe.

3. Only one operator logged the first QSO and the other didn't (and
therefore several reasons exist again).
4. I tune into a rtty signal and I see a call sign on my screen witch is
highlighted as a needed station. I call the station and while my call is
going out I see that this callsign on my sreen has several versions. The
highlighted is the wrong one. The other is correct but no highlighted at
all, sorry.

When I am CQing and get a call for a dupe I don't answer but make a new
short CQ call. If it was reason 4. the caller will see what happened and
will move on. If he calls again I work him.

But the most impressive situation with DUPE OR NOT TO DUPE I had in the last
contest. A well known RTTY contester from W3-land was CQing. I called him
because it was a needed call. After my call he came back with "DL6JZ QSO B4
ON 20 M". I answered: "NOT IN MY LOG, SRI". Then there was a break and after
a while I got the message, that our QSO was at xx:yy Z and I should add it
to my log. That all took about 2 minutes, enough for 2 or 3 QSOs. I went
away and have no QSO with this station in my log on 20 M.

73 + 55
Wolf, DL6JZ



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Von: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]Im
Auftrag von Bill Turner
Gesendet: Montag, 26. September 2005 15:10
An: Fidel Leon; rtty at contesting.com
Betreff: Re: [RTTY] Post-contest thoughts


At 07:05 AM 9/26/2005, Fidel Leon wrote:

>Wouldn't it be easier working dupes with no further notice...?

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There are two reasons for dupes:

1. Busted call from the previous QSO.
2. Careless logging (or no logging at all).

If the guy duping me is someone I know to be experienced, I work him with
no questions asked, assuming a busted call.
If it's someone who I suspect is just being careless with the log, I send
the B4 message to help wake him up. Almost always they disappear without
asking for a re-work.

A careless operator will just get more careless if he never gets a B4
message. If he does get one, he will know we are paying attention, even if
he is not.

73, Bill W6WRT
QSLs via LoTW