[UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?

Ian White GM3SEK gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk
Fri Jun 29 23:17:29 PDT 2012


Steve Knowles wrote:
>
>For every entrant, ADJ produces an 'Inverse UBN' file - a list of all 
>the QSOs where the other guy got it wrong.  Consistent problems with 
>sending (eg GM3SE vs GM3SEK) stick out like a sore thumb, as do the 
>(disappointingly common) serial number sequence errors where the number 
>sent gets out of sync with the number logged for a while.  With 
>problems such as these it's easy to apportion blame to the sender. 
>It's less easy with the occasional 'out-by-one' error (which, with some 
>software, can be caused by as simple a procedural faux-pas as hitting 
>the <send exchange> button with nothing in the callsign field ['cos 
>you're a bit behind] and filling in the callsign and logging the QSO 
>later) to be sure who's to blame,

Thanks, Steve, that was very helpful, but...

>and the general rule is that what the sender logs is assumed to be 
>accurate.  The adjudicator has to consider and decide upon every case 
>individually.
>
The question still stands: if the adjudicator identifies a station who 
is consistently implicated in UBNs on the sending side, what happens to 
the scores of the receiving stations in those busted QSOs?

(Away for rest of the weekend to do some real radio.)

-- 

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


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