[UK-CONTEST] R1ANB and IOTA contest bust

[Stewart Rolfe]

--- On Tue, 3/11/09, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:

> 
> As with CQWW, it may be that the IOTA Contest adjudicators
> score
> logs based on what the geographical part of the exchange
> should be,
> regardless of what was actually sent (or was not sent).
> 
> What else could they be reasonably expected to do?  I
> know we
> are usually urged to log what we hear, but that policy can
> lead
> to the anomaly described.
> 
> When I work a G in the IOTA contest who, for whatever
> reason,
> gives no IOTA reference, I have no qualms about logging
> EU5.
> 
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI

At GW6W we had an ex-professional cw op at the key on the run radio for several hours. Not an A list contester just a first rate op; he logged what he heard and failed to fill in EU005 for many Gs who failed to send the full exchange.

We lost these Qs as 'BAD IOTA' and realise the 'team' should have briefed him better before the start. Lesson learnt.....

73,

Stewart, GW0ETF