Topband: Contest dupes

[Jon Zaimes, AA1K]

Sometime during the second night of this weekend's CQ 160 meter CW contest, I answered a W station that was calling CQ. They came back with "dupe" though they were not in my log. I said "no" and sent a report. 
They came back with "already worked" and didn't send me a report. 
I repeated "not in log" and sent a report. They came back with a time that I was apparently in their log. But they were not in my log.
Since it was a slow period I persisted and they finally sent me a report. 
But this fellow wasted far more of both of our time than if he had just worked me when I called. There is no penalty for working a dupe -- the log checkers just ignore duplicates. 
Had I not persisted, however, this W station would have been penalized since his alleged QSO was not in my log. 
So folks, if someone calls you and you think it is a dupe, just work 'em again. They may have actually been working someone else, or flubbed entry on the keyboard of your callsign. Just log it a second time if you think it is a dupe.


73/Jon

Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K
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Felton, Delaware
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