[UK-CONTEST] STROKE QRP SHOULD I LOG IT?

Chris G3SJJ g3sjj at btinternet.com
Sun Apr 11 03:20:05 PDT 2010


I forgot the other increasingly popular CQWW zone - JB !!

SJJ



Chris G3SJJ wrote:
> I tend to agree with all your points Paul, specially in these days where 
> we need to save time! If we logged everything as sent we would lose a 
> lot of points. If someone sends TT1 do we log it as TT1?  What about 
> Zone 9 in CQWW - ENNN - ? or in recent years, zone 34 sent as ENN3V. In 
> the FOC Marathon I always send my number as A4A7.
>
> What about on SSB and a US station signs Portable 5? I have actually 
> seen contest logs where that was entered as /P5 and the multiplier for 
> North Korea claimed!!
>
> The /QRP point though is whether the station submits an entry. If he/she 
> doesn't then either the checking s/w or the final adjudicator can decide 
> on a majority basis. If the station does submit an entry my guess would 
> be that they would declare the true licence callsign, ie without the 
> /QRP. That is another reason why I would not log it.
>
> Chris G3SJJ / Fixed Portable (well the K3 can be carried around) / 
> Temporarily lower power (the amp is switched off)
>
> ps - Had to smile this morning, listening to an RW9 on 15m in the 
> Gagarin Contest, presumably. Unanswered CQs, his callsign sent 3 times 
> each CQ, yet Test speeded up!! Ah, of course, to save time!! (Erm, for 
> what??!!)
>
>
>
>
> Paul O'Kane wrote:
>   
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Stewart Rolfe" <gw0etf at btinternet.com>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> But what about the maxim of logging (exactly) what you hear..?
>>>     
>>>       
>> It doesn't apply in contests.  You log what the other station
>> should have sent - with the notable exception of RoPoCo.
>>
>> Anyway, back to the /QRP issue.  Why can't QRP callers earn
>> their QSOs on the same terms as anyone else, and not beg for
>> special treatment by appending /QRP to their call?
>>
>> I don't say it, send it or log it, and will work any other
>> callers in preference to anyone signing /QRP.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul EI5DI
>>
>>
>>
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