[RTTY] Dupes how to handle

[goldtr8 at charter.net]

I don't do much contesting so when I do I use my HRD log and set up 
macros to mimic what I see happening in the contest and I go slow 
because that's just how I do it.

The last time I tried a contest HRD was inconsistent on the check for 
worked B4 so I was trying to work guys I had worked B4.   When I was 
told I was a dupe I moved on and then manually checked the log and they 
were in there.

So maybe the problem is with logging software used by casual users like 
me.

Just an alternative view from someone who has been caught unaware that I 
was a duper. :-)

~73
Don
KD8NNU


On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:58 PM, James C. Hall, MD wrote:

> This is really hard to take sometimes. I had a dupe rate of 1.7% - in 
> this
> day and age of computer logging, this seems WAY too high. There was 
> one K4
> who was about to get on my last nerve who was a dupe TWICE on one band 
> ! And
> I took the time to type him and tell him he was a dupe AGAIN ! One G3 
> was
> quite apologetic about being a dupe and others figured it out but only 
> after
> I called them and they disappeared. If more than one is calling and 
> one is a
> dupe, I try to ignore them, but if they're persistent, I go ahead and 
> work
> them - they may have gotten, or I may have gotten, a call wrong the 
> first
> time.
>
> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:27 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On 2/12/2012 8:02 AM, trevor dunne wrote:
>> Whats the correct procedure to handle dupe in any contest but mainly 
>> WPX RTTY I have a few QSO's that I thought were good but the other 
>> station called me again and when I said QSO B4, I wasn't in there 
>> log, Do
> I just delete the first bad QSO and log the 2nd one ???
>> How does that affect my serial number count as there will be missing 
>> QSO's
> in the log ???
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Trevor
>> EI2GLB
>
> REPLY:
>
> When a dupe calls you, the best approach is to completely ignore the 
> fact he
> is a dupe and work him normally. Don't delete the previous QSO, don't 
> try to
> alter serial numbers, etc, etc. Modern log checking software 
> (Cabrillo) will
> find the dupe, ignore it and give you full credit. I always end up 
> giving
> out higher serial numbers than I have valid QSOs. In the just 
> competerd WPX
> i had 13 dupes in the log. Doesn't matter at all.
>
> I have a macro I use when someone sends me the B4 message:
>
> NOT IN LOG
> PLEASE WORK ME AGAIN W6WRT W6WRT
>
> Works like a charm.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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