[RTTY] Dupes now sorted what about busted serial's

[Fabi va2up]

Hello Trevor,
 
if I don't get the exchange properly and cannot manage to get a repeat that I can decode I will send a NIL NIL (even if the station has left already) and NOT log the Q. Logging it will prevent me from giving him a call (maybe) later in the contest and complete the Q. Sometimes this will generate a B4 but as Bill stated before, there are 'convincing' ways to get the friends to log you again in their log.
 
73 

Fabi  va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/

 

> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:51:08 +0000
> From: trevor_dunne at yahoo.com
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Dupes now sorted what about busted serial's
> 
> Thanks to everyone who answered my Dupes question, It was great to get the inside view on what to do, Next problem I have is. On a few of my QSO's I didn't get the callers Serial number, be it that I just missed it and he moved on or that he kept giving it to me and I just could not decode it.
>  
> I hade the problem that was mentioned on N1MM reflector about the funny exchanges I got a few QWE and YTE ect's I logged the QSO's with 001 and after I found the issue I edited them
>  
> But what do I do with QSO's with busted serial numbers more often that not the other station has my number and is gone and im sitting there pushing buttons trying to get him to try one more time.
>  
> Do i log it with 001, 000 or not log it at all. the main problem would be what the other station does if he got my NR he is happy but how will it b e scored if its not in my log.
>  
>  
> 
> Thanks
> Trevor
> EI2GLB
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>
> To: 'RTTY Reflector' <rtty at contesting.com> 
> Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 20:58
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle
> 
> 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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