[UK-CONTEST] UBN failures

[David G3YYD]

Chris

I had thought of that idea years ago. However it is petty and pointless. 
In a big contest you only work a small fraction of the total available 
stations and gain no competitive advantage. In a minor contest like CC  
then it might work for you until after a few entries many guys work out 
what you are doing (UBN reports are wonderful). It eventually becomes 
counter-productive as many will start to send you any variation between 
51 and 19! Then of course they just might forget to log you as well. So 
you know what to do next time you meet this guy play his game and forget 
to log him.

73 David G3YYD

On 16/07/2011 19:20, Christopher Plummer wrote:
> David,
>
> To add my halfpenneth.  In a recent 80m  Club contest one particular 
> contestant was giving every contact 47 or 48, he was hoping, I 
> suspect, that I would log 58 or even 59 and thus get a Busted contact, 
> and he would happily claim the contact as I gave him 59, or whatever 
> my logging program prompted.  I have spoken to a number of other 
> contestants from this session and this competitor has done the same to 
> them.  I regard this as sharp practice and should be curtailed by a 
> warning, surely every contact he made would not have been readability 4?
>
> Did anyone else get the same treatment?
>
> Chris G8APB
>
> > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:06:11 +0000
> > From: g3yyd at btinternet.com
> > To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UBN failures
> >
> > I see my 59 for all QSOs provoke the expected knee jerk re-action from
> > some contesters. The HF contesters worked out long ago that the 
> rules do
> > not specify that the report has to be accurate. Even if the rules did,
> > how is it enforceable? QED give 59 saves typing at both ends and hence
> > removes a possibility of error in that part of the exchange.
> >
> > Personally I think the RS(T) report should be removed from contests and
> > some do just that. It is the serial number and locator code that is the
> > real exchange in a VHF+ contest. Even the locator code can come from a
> > call history file so that leaves the serial number as being the really
> > unique part of the exchange.
> >
> > 73 David G3YYD
> >
> > PS just seen Stewart's post in similar vain.
> >
> >
> >
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