[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW webinar 21st October

[Laurence Mason]

It's a cultural difference between what was accepted by the RSGB 
committees / UK contesters and US / CQWW / ARRL organisers.

Twenty years ago the RSGB HFCC would encourage entrants to check through 
the log for silly mistakes whereas US amateurs were of the view that 
when the contest was over - it was over. Some would view the skill of a 
good entrant was to spot and fix obvious problems whilst transposing the 
log to entry sheets to submit.

With the widespread use of PCs log submission is much easier but equally 
some form of automated self checking is much easier and more effective 
than it used to be. With the latest advances organisers can decide how 
they want to implement this and police it. It's a US run contest and 
their culture is the one that prevails and is a view that is gaining 
ground elsewhere as comments on this reflector will show.

It's a similar discussion regarding penalties for errors in logs.

At the end of the day it is their ball and if you don't want to play 
with it (or submit your log) that is your decision. In the unlikely 
event that sufficient entrants are of this opinion then things might change!

How on earth did we ever find time in the past to handwrite the logs in 
the weeks following a contest? I'm not sure what has filled that time 
now - but if I had to do it again I'm not sure where I would fit it in. 
Mind you we didn't use to have our lives filled by reading and writing 
e-mail :-)


Laurence G4HTD


On 23/10/2012 10:35, Chris G3SJJ wrote:
> Bob, the actual contest, ie exchanging QSOs, might be over but it is 
> intelligent amd mncessary to chcek through the log to corerct ant 
> tyopos, as you can see by this incirrected email. Back in the days of 
> paper logs we positevly encouraged entrants to rewrite their logs top 
> amke sure they doidn't lose points uncesarily. Paper and pencil have 
> ben replaced by a keyborad and it is wrong to assume taht someone who 
> was adept and writing are equally adept at typing.
>
> I will continue to put my contest log ointo Excel when convenient and 
> to do various sorst and cahecks. I am sure you wouldn't expaect me to 
> always send emnails or write reporst etc like this one?
>