[RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis

[Ed Muns]

In this case, K0YR did not submit a log.  So the log checking used the QSOs
in the logs of the stations he worked to determine the sent exchange.  While
a lot of ops logged 'T0M' (with a zero), most logged the letter 'O'.  My
recordings of the contest verified that K0YR sent 'T0M' with a zero to me,
but I interpreted the zero as the letter 'O' since it was a name.  Just like
I log '599' rather than '5NN' in a CW contest.

73,
Ed
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Ed Muns - W0YK
www.w0yk.com 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek - K0RC
> Sent: Friday, 29 October, 2010 00:01
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis
> 
> "Senator, I served with TØM", I know TØM. TØM is a friend of mine!"
> 
> This problem actually is even more convoluted... What gets 
> sent out over the air from the macro string does not 
> necessarily have to match what was stored in the contest 
> header (which generates the sent report for the Cabrillo file).
> 
> So he might have had TØM in the macro string, but TOM in the 
> contest header. If the log checking software goes by what is 
> in the Cabrillo file, it won't match was everyone logged 
> during the contest.
> 
> Also, in a different contest, there was a station that had 
> exchanged the characters opposite. His callsign was supposed 
> to have a Zero, but he was transmitting an Oh on RTTY. I 
> alerted him to this at some point in the contest (early on). 
> The operator had fixed it by the next time I tuned across and 
> printed him. So what do you think is going to happen to the 
> fellows that logged "what was sent" prior to the operator 
> making a change?
> 
> So when an obvious error prints to your screen, and you want 
> to "fix it", you will still be taking a WAG as to what will 
> pass or fail during the log checking process.
> 
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> 
> 
> On 10/28/2010 11:36 PM, Ed Muns wrote:
> > Yes, this is the crucial question.  Understand that log checking is 
> > going to give the nod to the sent exchange when the 
> received exchange 
> > differs.  But ... that doesn't mean the sent exchange is what is in 
> > the sender's log!  So, sometimes the innocent (who truly 
> logged what 
> > was sent) gets dinged.  Life is unfair, but trust me, far more log 
> > check errors are in your favor than vice versa.
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed
> > -------------------------
> > Ed Muns - W0YK
> > www.w0yk.com
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
> >> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Iain 
> MacDonnell - 
> >> N6ML
> >> Sent: Thursday, 28 October, 2010 21:18
> >> To: Hank Garretson
> >> Cc: David Levine; CQ Contesting Reflector; RTTY Reflector
> >> Subject: Re: [RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Hank 
> Garretson<w6sx at arrl.net>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Iain MacDonnell - N6ML 
> >>> <ar at dseven.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I thought I must have manually typed it (as opposed to 
> clicking on 
> >>>> it), and goofed, but apparently he really was sending 
> sending "T0M"
> >>>> (with a zero).
> >>>
> >>> A good reason to use a slash-zero font in your print window.
> >> But that brings up the age-old question ... do you log 
> what he sent, 
> >> or what you think is what he really meant to send?
> >>
> >>      ~Iain / N6ML
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