[UK-CONTEST] UBN errors

[Robert Chipperfield]

Alternatively, maybe we should penalise both parties, at which point 
there is more incentive on the sender to get it right? (And, as a happy 
consequence, will also show up in their UBN report, so they can see if 
they're making repeated sending mistakes.)

I might argue the same for signal reports on VHF - we've lost more than 
a few contacts where we've logged (say) 57, and the other party's log 
claims they sent 59. If both parties lost the QSO when there was an 
error, there would be more incentive for the sender to take care about 
their logging.

[But please - everyone resist the urge to drift into another thread 
about whether everyone should give 59 all the time. We've covered that 
many times already.]

73,
Rob, M0VFC

On 02/03/2012 13:53, dave at g4buo.com wrote:
> Exactly the same is true of Win-Test.
>
> I am sure that most of the time, when serials differ by one it is down to
> user error but it is not clear whether the error is with the sender or the
> receiver. For that reason, serials out by one should not be penalised.
> That is how I used to do it when I checked the 80m CC contests. If the
> automated checking now used by the Committee is penalising serials out by
> just one, I think that is going too far.
>
> Dave G4BUO
>
>> You only need to type one letter in N1MM callsign field for it to display
>> the correct outgoing serial number. Without that single letter the
>> programme
>> does not know that you are not trying to complete your previous QSO.  73
>> Clive GM3POI
>>
>> From: Christopher Plummer [mailto:plummerc42 at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: 02 March 2012 12:16
>> To: gm3poi2 at btinternet.com; g3yyd at btinternet.com;
>> uk-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] UBN errors
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I use N1MM exclusively for HF logging and I never send a serial number
>> until
>> all the recieved info is logged in the correct window so can never send
>> the
>> wrong number, but I too have had several conteacts disallowed where serial
>> numbers logged differ by one from what the other station has logged and
>> sent
>> in, so I think it is a general problem with sending from macros or even
>> sometimes by hand with any of the contest loggers.
>>
>> On VHF I use Minos, but have had similar problems where I think incorrect
>> serials have been sent even with SSB.
>>
>> I don\'t know how to check or correct the problem, unless we drop the
>> serial
>> number requirement and go for district codes for HF or just QRA squares on
>> VHF.
>>
>> Chris G8APB
>>
>
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