[WriteLog] WL 10.45 new feature

[DJ3IW Goetz]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave L Thompson" <k4jrb at juno.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL 10.45 new feature


> Most contest directors will tell you that you should log all callers
> especially in run mode.  You may have worked someone else and the station
> may have logged it due to timing, QRM or any number of reasons.
> There is no penalty for a dupe.
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Not quite! Citing from QST February 2004, How to Avaoid Contest Score
Shrinkage by H. Ward Silver, N0AX:
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".... Not-in-Log (N or NIL) - If your call does not appear in the other
operator's log at the right time, your QSO is invalid."
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"What's Really an Error?..... ..... Not-in-Log QSOs are also pretty easy
to peg as real errors."
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"Why Penalize?......... The ARRL removes the bad QSO plus one additional
QSO. For the CQ World Wide, the bad QSO and three additional QSOs are
removed. Both contest mahangers feel that the penalties act as a deterrent
to sloppy operating. Penalty QSOs affect only the QSO count, not multipliers".


73 de Goetz
dj3iw at t-online.de