TopBand: Dupes

[Bud Hippisley]

The solution is simple -- get a 1X3 call....

de K2KIR

At 08:04 AM 2/21/97 -0500, W1YY wrote:
>Normally I don't make duplicate contacts with an expedition where I
>am confident that my contact was a good one, so as not to take a
>chance away from someone else who needs it too. After looking at the
>electronic log for V5/ZS6YG, however, I may have to rethink that
>approach.
>
>Early on in the expedition I worked V5/ZS6YG for a new one on 160 (or
>so I thought); he was very loud, and when I called him, he came back
>with "W1YY r ur 599", and I replied accordingly. 

>Last night I saw the elctronic logs of both posted on the Reflector,
>and, lo and behold, the log for V5/ZS6YG showed "W1YYR" (who doesn't
>exist, by the way).

>I'm not sure what the right answer is on dupe contacts on a band like
>160 where copy can often be so marginal, but I guess it's food for
>thought.



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