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

[Ian Trusson]

Andy

You have provided us with your unofficial rule: "the sender determines his
callsign and it should be logged accurately as received".

My own unofficial rule is: Do not log /QRP in the callsign field of your log
because it is not part of the callsign.

I think your rule is based on some marine radio rule so is not directly
relevant to amateur radio contesting. There are enough rules in amateur
radio without us inventing new ones!

73
Ian, G3RVM


> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Andy Chadwick
> Sent: 11 April 2010 09:30
> To: Alex GM3ZBE
> Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] STROKE QRP SHOULD I LOG IT?
> 
> Alex,
> 
> The callsign received should be logged as sent.
> The originating station (sender) determines what his callsign 
> is, not the receiving operator.
> 
> Many, especially contesters, will have you believe otherwise 
> for reasons of convenience, contesting rules, logging 
> software, perceived knowledge of legalities, dislike of 
> operators appending their callsigns legally or otherwise... 
> One should log the call as sent, as an accurate record of the contact.
> 
> The fundamental issue is that the sender determines his 
> callsign and it should be logged accurately as received.
> 
> 73,  Andy
> 
> ZC4VJ
> 
> On 11 April 2010 00:01, Alex GM3ZBE <alex at gm3zbe.plus.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > In the last 80M CC CW contest I worked a YU who signed 
> /qrp.  Should I 
> > log him as  YU***/qrp, since that was what he sent?  If I 
> don't do I 
> > lose the point?  Presumably his entered callsign for the contest is 
> > not deemed to be suffixed /qrp?
> > Alex
> >
> > --
> >
> > Alex, GM3ZBE ~~~~ Kingdom of Fife ~~~ IO86lf ~~~ Member of:
> > De Montfort University ARS,
> > Kingdom Amateur Radio Society (KARS)
> > GMDX Group, CDXC, Aberdeen ARS
> > Previous callsigns GM8BYG, G3ZBE
> > Holder of GM4BRN club call.
> >
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