[UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?

[Steve Knowles]

Hello, Alex.

Guess I must have missed your previous post(s) - pressure of work keeps me 
away from the shack more than I would like at the moment.

I adjudicate the 80mCC CW legs, but the SSB and DATA legs are dealt with in 
the same way.

The answer is "The Robot doesn't look at anything.  It receives the logs, 
checks them for formatting and possible errors and then makes them available 
to the adjudication software (affectionately known as ADJ) ... and that most 
definitely does look!"  Amongst a whole lot of other things, ADJ flags any 
mismatches in RS(T) for the adjudicator to investigate.

ADJ just points out the problems.  There is a general presumption that what 
the sending station logs is correct, but this is not a cast iron rule and 
it's always the adjudicator who makes the decision whether to penalise or 
not, bringing his/her knowledge and experience into play.  For (a very 
simple) example - if you've sent 59 to every contact in every event for the 
last 3 years and you suddenly show a 55, copied as a 59, the adjudicator 
might well not be convinced and decide not to penalise the receiver.  On the 
other hand, if you were 9J2BO or G3JKY (who ALWAYS send real reports) ......

As for signing /P - no problem ... awkward is good stuff, provided you do it 
for every QSO in the event.  However, if you aren't consistent (even if you 
don't send in a log) ADJ will know, alert the adjudicator and stations not 
copying your call correctly will not be penalised.

Vy 73

Steve  G3UFY



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ALEX LISTER" <alexcom22 at btopenworld.com>
To: "UK Contest & #39& #39" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:54 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?


Still no reply anyone ?

Does the Robot (CC80) look at actual reports in particular re SSB ,
If I send ur 55 001 and other chap copies 59 001 does he lose points.
Incidently I often sign /P just to be awkward !



Alex Lister G8FCQ
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