[UK-CONTEST] Fw: CQ UBN Link.

[Roger G3SXW]

> To UK-Contest,
> Forwarded to this reflector at Brian's request.
> PS - 15% error is every seventh QSO, gulp!
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>
>> Hello again, Brian (off reflector),
>> Yes, 4% (15% penalty) is too high. You gotta get it below 2.5% (10%).
>>
>> I guess it's mostly a matter of concentrating to make sure that what you 
>> copied on-air gets transferred to the screen accurately. And of course 
>> asking for repeats whenever there's any doubt about the call-sign. And 
>> not relying on Super Check Partial too much!
>>
>> There is one thing that we can do about NILs: work and log duplicate 
>> QSOs. You think you're in his log the first time but he probably doesn't. 
>> As to 'fault', well, it's supposed to be a 2-way contact and both sides 
>> need to be sure that it's OK. Of course, if he's an idiot and simply 
>> fouls up then you're right, there's not much you can do about it!
>>
>> Overall, we find that the three times penalty sort of cancels out the 
>> QSOs that should have been penalised but were not. In other words we 
>> reckon to pick up and penalise around one quarter of bad QSOs.
>>
>> The system is not carved in stone, it's evolving all the time. Especially 
>> now that K1EA has taken over the computer log-checking from N6AA.
>>
>> Good luck in the contest, old man!
>> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "brian coyne" <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>
>> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:41 PM
>> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQ UBN Link.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks to all who responded both on and off board.
>>>
>>> Having looked at my error rate again I must say I am no happier than I 
>>> was the first time I looked at it.
>>>
>>> Lumped together the ajudicated errors, right or wrong, total something 
>>> over 4%, when the penalties are applied that translates to almost 15%, 
>>> plus 3 lost mult's, that was a wake up call.
>>>
>>> I have read all the speil and see we are told it's sort of a roundabouts 
>>> and swings so evens out in the end, anyway the system has now been in 
>>> force for a few years and is carved in stone so I just got to do better, 
>>> especially with the typo's, NIL's we can do nothing about, even though 
>>> we may not agree they were our fault. I await examination of 2008 log 
>>> with great interest.
>>>
>>> 73 Brian 5B4AIZ.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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