[VHFcontesting] To submit or not to submit

[Doug Allen]

Hi Dave,
   Thanks for your observations, oldtimer!  It's tough being old, hi
hi.     The   10GHz-Up at groups.io
discussion got me thinking about the scoring again, and how a busted call
or miscopied report penalized not only the person making the mistake, but
the station worked, as well.   I don't know if there is a better way.  I
have received emails urging me to send in my log to ARRL, even if I suspect
I made mistakes. Others, like me, were unsure what to do.   Without a top
ranking national score, and with only a regional scoring award, if any, I'm
inclined to see how I did compared to the others who submitted to 3830,
tell others how much I enjoyed the contest, and move on, or maybe I'll
change my mind before the 10 days is up and submit to ARRL.
Doug K4LY  EM85wb


On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> I feel your pain. I am starting to see the same issues. Most of it is
> dealing with computers and digital modes. When you stack that on top of
> trying to copy a weak station and then be thinking of the three people
> who want skeds on different bands right after, it can befuddle an old
> geezer pretty quick.  I have slowed down the participation in hopes of
> keeping track of what I am doing. I stay off six meters for that reason.
> I have a 3CX3000A7 amp and four seven element yagis on a hilltop. It
> works  much better than I can take care of!! I send in a small score (if
> I remember!!) heh heh
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
> On 1/26/2024 8:13 AM, Doug Allen wrote:
> > For many decades starting in the 1950s I submitted my VHF (and HF)
> contest
> > results to the ARRL. I also reported my results on 3830 kHz back in the
> > days, and on the 3830 web site since then. For some 30 years, I often had
> > competitive, top 10, VHF (and HF) results as W2CRS, W0AH, and K4LY.
> > I'm now age 83, and for the past ten years, I've not had the energy,
> > motivation, and concentration to operate the necessary hours to be
> > competitive despite probably still having a competitive station.  More
> > troubling than that, for me, is the realization that I make more logging
> > mistakes than when I was younger.  I don't know how long the following
> > contest rule has existed-
> > *"Contacts with call sign errors ("Busted") or that are not found in the
> > corresponding log ("NIL") are removed from the log and an additional
> > scoring penalty of the QSO point value of that contact is assessed."*
> > I think the rule, and computer error checking, are fine, but they have
> > eliminated my submissions because I don't want others to be penalized by
> my
> > mistake of not logging them.  With 8 VHF+ bands, three modes, 3 chat
> pages,
> > 2 computers, 2 rotators, and one failing briain (poor hearing, eyesight,
> > and memory), I  wish I were confident in my logging ability, but those
> days
> > are over, and so too, I guess, the submitting of contest results to the
> > ARRL.  I really appreciate the chance to submit my scores to the 3830
> site
> > and see how others have done.
> > Doug K4LY EM85wb
> > Inman, SC
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