[UK-CONTEST] RE -CQ WW webinar 21st October

[Chris G3SJJ]

Exactly Brian, at last a voice of reason. We are now being told though that making those corrections after the contest has ended is cheating!!!!! Yer 
what!!  I usually try to have a piece of paper and a pencil available but these days they are not a normal tool in my shack! That is why I prefer to 
run the log through Excel at a convenient time after the contest. There is life other than contests which often re-starts immediately a contest has 
ended, so a convenient time could be many days.

I agree about SCP. If contest organisers want to wup us then outlaw SCPs, RBN and Cluster, that will focus the operator's attention on really 
operating the radio!!

Chris G3SJJ



On 23/10/2012 13:56, brian coyne wrote:
> To be frank I feel that many are reading too much into this rule of log amenment.
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> The rule has been introduced to prevent the doctoring of logs. Doctoring does not mean correcting errors. The rule is now 'You must record what was sent' If I send the call or part of the exchange correctly and I record it incorrectly then I am complying with the rules if I amend my log to what was sent, not breaching it!
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> I am therefore with Chris on this one, I am not a good typist and need to look at the keyboard and not the screen when fielding a call. If I make an error when running  then the other guy may correct me - if he doesn't then it is a bust. If I know I made a keyboard error or messed up the logger, in a keyboard tangle  I keep a written note to fix later and I see no harm in that.
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> Of the several thousand logs they get just how many get 'doctored' to provide an advantage?. my guess is very few but they need to send out the message. Far better in my view if they were to ban SCP. SCP is cheating by any other name. If they can't copy then they should move on. As a low power contester I do not get much trouble on cw but on ssb I get a lot of problems with guys getting the last letter of my call. They copy the C4. Now there are quite a few C4's active in the CQ events, so I get C4I?, C4M?, C4N?! It is just a guessing game. As I am the last letter in the suffix alphabet it can be many exchanges before they get there. I used to feel the need to stick with it but now when I know they are guessing from SCP I tune on up to the next runner.
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> Good faith and fair play is the name of the game and  correcting cock-ups does not contradict that ethic.
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> 73  Brian 5B4AIZ /C4Z.
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