[VHFcontesting] Unsubstantiated Rumor

[STeve Andre']

   BANG--!

   <thud>

   There goes that rumor.  Thanks Sean.

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en82

On Sunday 27 July 2008 18:40:46 Kutzko, Sean, KX9X wrote:
> Gentlemen-
>
> QSOs with a station that does not submit a log are indeed counted. A QSO is
> not removed from a submitted log merely because it is with a "unique" call.
> There could be other issues with the QSO that could get it removed from a
> submitted log, however.
>
> 73,
>
> Sean Kutzko KX9X
> Contest Branch Manager
> ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
> 225 Main Street
> Newington, CT  06111 USA
> (860) 594-0232
> email: kx9x at arrl.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Worsham [mailto:wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Sun 7/27/2008 6:07 PM
> To: 'Mike Metroka'; 'Vhfcontesting Remailer'
> Cc: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X
> Subject: Unsubstantiated Rumor
>
> Guys, I am fairly certain that this is not true.  If you make a contact
> with someone during a contest and they don't turn in a log the contact
> doesn't go away for you.  If that were the case we would loose half the
> contacts we make at W4NH.  I have copied KX9X to get the definitive answer.
>  Sean, could you please address this?  Thanks.
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Metroka
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> To: 'Vhfcontesting Remailer'
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] missing log grid circling and
> undocumentedrovers
>
> Nate WY0X  Wrote:
> If some guy doesn't send in a log, all contacts with that
> "undocumented" participant vaporize, for EVERYONE that worked him.
>
>
> IMHO this is absolutely the wrong approach as eliminating all contacts with
> stations who did not turn in a log would penalize stations who go out of
> their way to pick up additional contest points from stations who do not
> normally enter into the VHF/UHF/uWave contests.  Case in point:  I
> routinely visit the FM portions of the bands looking for those "extra"
> contacts that will help me get ahead of the pack.  During those FM QSOs I
> routinely and gladly explain that there is a contest going on and what it
> is all about.  I not only get a contest Q but maybe some day some of those
> FM'ers will join the weak signal contest ranks and add to the fun!
>
> Eliminating contacts from stations who did not bother to turn in a log will
> surely lead to less contacts in the logs (which helps to justify our use of
> spectrum) and less activity (which could lead to contests going away).
> 73
> Mike WB8BZK/R
>
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