[UK-CONTEST] ARRL DX SSB interesting exchange

[Andrew]

Dennis,

Yes, I did consider it could be a fault at the LPL end, but this was 
quite early on in the contest (first night) and I checked all possible 
bust combinations in the log after the guy was adamant he had worked us 
before.  I couldn't find anything that even closely resembled a typo if 
the adjacent key had been hit on the keyboard.  In CT it's possible to 
make one of the characters a '?' for a wildcard to see what letter might 
have been busted, but nothing came up.  I tried this for each of the 
letters/number in the call.  I did notice that we had already worked the 
call in question on 40m and 80m, so maybe he logged one of those on the 
wrong band?

I also checked the call when the spot came in to confirm it was correct 
before I called him.  I like to hear the call myself before blindly 
calling.  Maybe this habit comes from operating unassisted when I lived 
in the UK.

Either way, I wasn't going to argue with the guy because he clearly 
didn't want what he thought was a dupe and for me it was just one QSO 
missed.  I could easily work another contact whilst I would be arguing 
with him!

Vy 73,

Andrew AC6WI


On 08/03/11 01:48, Dennis Andrews, F5VHY wrote:
> For most contests these days, there is no penalty for dupes and most people just work them again and let Cabrillo sort it out afterwards. Apart from anything else, it's quicker than the inevitable arguement over whether or not you have actually worked.
>
> However, have you considered that the fault MIGHT have been at the LPL end? There is an increasing tendancy for people to just jump on packet or RBN spots and make a QSO without ever actually checking the on-air call. It's frequently the case that the spotted call is wrong. So a big pile-up suddenly appears from stations that have, in fact, already worked the guy.
>
> This effect was quite noticeable in ARRL CW whe I was using TM6X. On a number of occasions, a pile of potential dupes suddenly appeared due solely to someone spotting me with an error in the call. The only remedy is to slow right down and send your call many times until they get the message!
>
> 73 de Dennis - F5VHY.
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