[WriteLog] Fw: Quick SS log checker question.

[Jim Brannigan]

Ed,
No, there is no way out of it or some of the other potential problems.

The ARRL might want to review their "penalty" rules.  The current rules were
developed for paper logs.  These paper logs were sampled by the checkers and
any discrepancy was penalized.

In a computerized environment each log record and field is checked.  They
might want to recognize that "software errors" are possible and allow for
some less stringent checking.  They could configure their software to allow
a certain percentage of field errors before imposing a penalty.

Jim

> Jim Brannigan wrote:
> > Computer log checking is new and there are going to be some issues.
> > I looked at my 2001 SSCW results on the ARRL page.  One QSO was rejected
> > because the section submitted was LA, not LAX.
> > My log showed LA., so, I logged it as received.
>
> Actually, it looks like you got trapped. If the op in LAX sent LA, he
> gave you the wrong section. LA=Louisanna, which of course is a
> perfectly good section.
>
> Don't think there's a way out of this.
>
> 73
> Ed