[SECC] What would you do?

[Todd Atkins]

I'd say he should just delete his Q as well and the problem will go
away. There's no good solution to this since the Q shouldn't have been
made in the first place but the other guy shouldn't be penalized for
it either since he had nothing to do with it. Solution with the least
problems seems to me to be for him to also delete the Q from his log.

-Todd

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Scott Straw <scottstraw at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I've sent the following message to Sean Kutzko, KX9X, at the ARRL Contesting Branch but thought I'd give y'all something to gnaw on other than a grizzled turkey bone for the next few days...
>
> So I was having a wonderful time with SSB SS and things were moving right along… N1MM was great – especially with the telnet spots from K1TTT.  I was down to three sections needed – WV, SFL and NL.  Suddenly I see a call sign in red, indicating it is a needed station, so I click and marvel at the whirring of the radio as it navigates to the location of the needed station.  Bang! I grab him no problem. WV is in the bag! Suddenly, I realize He is at 14.211MHz – well below the operating limit of 14.225 for a General Class licensee.  Embarrassed and disappointed, I deleted the contact from my log.  I was hopeful that my faux pas would go unnoticed, but alas, no such luck.  I received a message via “the other” QSO confirmation website wanting to confirm the illegitimate contact.  I replied to the message and explained my error and then received this message:
>
>
> Hello KB4KBS,
> Scott. I think you should keep the qso you deleted in the log. For me it was a valid qso - now as a result of your action, I will get penalized for NIL + one qso.
> As you see, for your mistake I am taking the brunt. The proper way should be to leave the qso in the log.
>
>
> Other than a stern tongue lashing for my carelessness, what other comments, guidance, and advice would you offer? (besides “upgrade you slackard!”)
>
> Sheepishly,
>
> Scott, KB4KBS
>
>
> (BTW, I picked up W8RAT in the General band with about 15 minutes left inthe contest)
>
> Scott Straw, CTS-D, CTS-I
> AVI-SPL
> Atlanta, Georgia USA
> KB4KBS
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