[RTTY] Dupes how to handle

[Jim W7RY]

That would be my guess. They're probably using their new Icom rig that does 
contest serial numbers and has other rtty memories. They just hit the key to 
send their call and the report.

73
Jim W7RY


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From: "Jeff Stai" <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:31 PM
To: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>
Cc: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle

> I had a large number of dupes this time. It finally sank in that I was
> using a call for WPX that had never been used in a RTTY contest. Being an
> unfamiliar call I suspect it was getting miscopied. That said, I have
> noticed that there are "serial dupers" that show up and dupe in every
> contest. I suppose they just are getting on for the fun of making 
> contacts.
> - jeff wk6i
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM, James C. Hall, MD 
> <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>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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