[WriteLog] Ability to QSL numbers given to you by other stn

[Nick Kail]

Thanks to one and all for the opinions 
I only asked the question as to how it was done out of curiosity not because
I wanted to do it. I still a firm believer of the TU or QSL (or sometimes
even a GL)to cover the end of a contest QSO 

Cheers n Beers 

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders
Sent: 17 February 2004 18:33
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Ability to QSL numbers given to you by other stn

The only thing that bugs me more than getting my number repeated back to me 
is getting a 73 included near the end! Well, maybe getting past the serial 
nr 599, too, but that only happens once per contest.

The exchange I always hope for (and sometimes get) includes the SN given 3 
times WITH NO HYPHENS. I want spaces in there so my USOS can deal with 
shift problems. Why 3 times? I am confident of the number if I see 2 out of 
3 agree. Too often, it is given twice and they disagree - then we start a 
lengthy repeat cycle...  For most (but not all) of the recent WPS contest I 
sent my serial number 3 times, and got very few repeat requests.

Jerry W4UK

At 17:30 2/17/04, David O Hachadorian wrote:


>On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:31:05 -0000 "Nick Kail" <m3mlr at tiscali.co.uk>
>writes:
> >  Hi guys
> > Thought I'd throw this one into the pot
> > Over the contest last week I noticed some stations giving me a QSL
> > on the
> > number I have given them
>
> > Anyone know the bit to do that  as I have looked in the manual and
> > couldn't
> > find it
>
>I think this is a bad practice.
>First, it takes too much time.
>Second, it has the possibility to
>create confusion over whose number
>is what, especially if conditions
>are marginal.
>
>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>Yuma, AZ


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