[UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?

[Roger Western]

Ian,
CQWW certainly checks this by producing a 'reverse log' of Busted calls, 
showing the frequency. For example:
GM3HEK (1), GM3SE (3), GM3SEX (1), GM4SEK (2)
Any number over a pre-set limit is automatically flagged up for 
investigation. If you were routinely sending 'GM3SE K' for example and 28 
stations logged you as GM3SE then they would not be penalised. Only in 
rather extreme and repeated cases would adjudicators take action against the 
sending station: usually a friendly note is enough to prevent the problem 
recurring in future contests. UBN reports, after all, are designed to help 
entrants to improve, not to slap wrists.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Ian White GM3SEK
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:12 AM
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?

Steve Knowles wrote:
>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.

It is good that ADJ checks for consistency on the part of sending
stations.  Callsigns and location information are easy because they
should never change... but what about variable data like serial numbers
or ROPOCO exchanges?

Does ADJ ever check the list of busted QSOs for an entire contest, to
look for unusually high involvement on the part of certain SENDING
stations?


-- 

73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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