[UK-CONTEST] UBN/NIL Reports

[Dave Lawley]

Just in case anyone gets the wrong impression.

The exchanges in CQWW and ARRL aren't checked: the absence of serial 
numbers makes them very nearly meaningless. The efforts of people like 
N6TR and N6AA have turned around the checking of CQWW from the position 
years ago where very little checking of even the callsign took place. 
Even now in the days of computerisation they are assisted by a whole 
army of volunteers around the world.

In a long (too long, I'm sure) association with the checking of RSGB 
contests I can assure you that serial numbers are checked. They were in 
the days of paper logs and still are now that, mercifully, almost all 
our entries arrive as emails in Cabrillo format. Same goes for the Eu 
sprints, which I have a hand in organising, and in fact most serial 
number based contests.

I'll also echo Clive's comments that those percentages sound good to me.

Dave G4BUO


Clive Whelan wrote:
>  
> G0RTN wrote
> 
> 
> <
> Does anyone know what sort of standard a single operator should be aiming
> for in terms of lost points on UBN/NILs in a CW contest.  They didn't have
> all this new fangled stuff when I was last contesting!
> 
> Or put it another way I've just got my CQWW CW report (OK, easier 'coz
> there's no serial numbers) - so is losing 0.8% of QSOs and 3.1% of points OK
> or do I need to work on this?>
> 
> That's nothing to be concerned about, just keep it that way! Absence of
> serial numbers is not relevant ; exchange is  not checked anyway. Under 5%
> points loss is no problem. Caveat it's easy to get good UBNs with small
> numbers of QSOs, but your score for a full out effort is OK, don't panic!
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Clive
> GW3NJW