[UK-CONTEST] UBN?

[Ken Chandler]

Ah so their it is chaps well done Steve. 
Sorry for the confusion everyone!
Not sure why my timing on the computer went wrong.
But it may have been an xp software update as I sent out some emails bearing a 2014 year date!!

As I'm club-less at the mo a chk log was better than nothing for the adjudication process.


Ken..G0ORH  

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On 15 Jul 2011, at 12:34, "Steve Knowles" <g3ufy at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Chaps
> 
> Re the June CW 80mCC there is a minor problem with the adjudication 
> involving G0ORH - there are no genuine Not in Log errors associated with 
> this log.  The fault, I fear, is mine.
> 
> Ken logged throughout in BST instead of GMT.  He also intended to submit a 
> checklog, something I discovered only on reading his soapbox comments, 
> though he entered in the 'LOW' section rather than the 'CHECKLOG' of the 
> Robot.
> 
> I had intended to apply a fixed penalty of 10% for the time logging error 
> and applied a bulk -60min shift to his QSO timings in order to validate 
> their checking against other entrants.  On reading his comments, I removed 
> his log from the LOW section and placed it in the CHECKLOG section, but 
> failed to re-apply the time-shift correctly.  As a result, a block of his 
> later QSOs thus fell outside the checking time limits and stations who 
> worked him then have been incorrectly reported as Not in Log.
> 
> It's an unfortunate slip and I apologise for it.  I appreciate that things 
> are tight at the top in this event but unless anyone can convince me that 
> the loss of their single QSO directly costs them or their club an award I 
> don't plan to revisit the adjudication - it's just too time-consuming. 
> Also, this has been such a palaver that any future entries logged in BST or 
> on the wrong day will just have to be completely excluded.
> 
> Finally, don't forget that there is a facility for entrants to email queries 
> regarding their UBNs direct to the adjudicator, who may not always be 
> monitoring UK-Contesting.
> 
> 73
> 
> Steve
> G3UFY
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Snow" <justin.g4tsh at gmail.com>
> To: <Uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UBN?
> 
> 
>> G0ORH is also a NIL for me. I wonder why so many have the same?
>> 73 Justin, G4TSH
>> 
>> On 7/15/11, Dave Sergeant <dave at davesergeant.com> wrote:
>>> On 15 Jul 2011 at 8:22, Stewart Rolfe wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Great to see UBN reports being sent out now for the CC events but I've
>>>> always wondered what the letters stand for - anyone enlighten me?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, a nice surprise in my inbox this morning.
>>> 
>>> In my case it leaves me a bit curious. My only one error is that my QSO
>>> with Ken G0ORH is 'not in log'. I find that a bit puzzling as I thought
>>> we definitely worked but obviously not.
>>> 
>>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>> 
>>> http://www.davesergeant.com
>>> 
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