[SCCC] ARRL SS CW 2016

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

It will be very interesting to hear ARRL's interpretation of the call sign
not in the exchange thing. Of course, they won't be able to tell from the
logs because if others don't log the call, they can't log the QSO. So any
information they receive will be purely anecdotal. Never-the-less, I hope
that they publish a definitive ruling on the subject. 

I tend to take things quite literally, so in my opinion, with the rules
saying that the exchange is to include your call sign, I believe that your
call sign belongs in the exchange. Period. But that's my interpretation. 

Did anyone actually hear some exchanges without the call sign in it?

For example, these:

NC6Q NE6I 543 B 72 SDG would be valid (meets all of the published
requirements) 
NC6Q 543 B 72 SDG would not be valid (in my opinion because the sending
station's call sign is not in it)
NC6Q 543 B NE6I 72 SDG (would be valid (and matches the example in the
published requirements)

-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Grubic
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 4:21 PM
To: Southern California Contest Club
Subject: [SCCC] ARRL SS CW 2016

Contest: ARRL SS CW 2016

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Call: NC6Q

Operator: NC6Q

Category: Single Op Low Assisted

Station: NC6Q

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Club: Southern California

         Contest Club

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Summary:

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Band    QSOs     Mults

   7         16           11

 14         15             8

 21           5             3

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Total       36           22

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Score: 1,584     All S&P

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Simple Station:

  Kenwood TS-50

  Winkeyer

  Attic dipoles

  N1MM+ logger

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Comments: Couple hours in the seat with family commitments all weekend. Log
will be submitted as a check log. But I studied N1MM+ a little more under
contest conditions. I liked "turning the knob" with the keyboard up/down
arrows and sequentially jumping to spots going down the Bandmap, but
nothings beats the actual feel of knob turning. I also studied how I could
make my shack more ergonomically comfortable. My rig is on a shelf about 13
inches off the desk top (put there before I got into contesting, and pain to
move), so during the contest I designed an "armrest" for my right arm to
rest on and be able to turn the knob easier without incurring back and
shoulder pain while S&Ping. What a great improvement! My next setup will
have my main rig ON the desk top right in front of my right hand, while I'm
comfortably seated.


Regarding the topic on the CQ-Contest mailing list about repeating one's
call sign in the exchange, I did not hear one exchange where the other ham
did *not* send his call sign between the SN/Prec and the Ck/Section. Of
course, my sampling is very small. :)


Sometimes the progress that is made is not in the score.

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73,

Bob, NC6Q
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