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The Treatment of Unique Callsigns in the CQWW RTTY
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by n6tr on October 30, 2001
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The article says: "Some, including the ARRL, are prepared to go even farther and to allow a "bad" call to be counted so long as it is inaccurate by only one character (as determined by comparison to a callsign database) in the logged callsign. I fail to see the logic in this policy. Is it sufficient to say that, "This contact should count because I almost copied the call correctly"? "
This is not true at all. I am not sure how this was deduced. If any character in a call is busted, it is an incorrect call and will be removed with any penalty.
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by vr2bg on November 1, 2001
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Seems like the DX side is willing to give these contests a miss.
A number of fairly active contesters have questioned the logic of excluding uniques.
And one respected gentleman who is involved in log checking for two major contest sponsors has pointed out a rather significant point about how one of those sponsors does _not_ give credit for busted calls, yet this is given as justification for throwing out uniques in CQ WW RTTY & WPX.
Time for a rethink. At the very least, CQ should disassociate itself with these events. If not, then let's see CQ WW RTTY & WPX contests apply its published rules & DQ those of us taking credit for excessive unverifiable contacts. Perhaps after DQing participants who regularly show up in the CQ WW SSB or CW Honor Rolls, someone somewhere will realize how silly things are with the RTTY events.
73, VR2BrettGraham
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by K6PUD on December 17, 2001
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This is a clear example of how computer checking has been turned on it's ear. Originally log checking was simply used to verify that you did what you say you did. Now it is being used to sleuth out cheaters.
I have in my contesting history dropped into a contest and made as fewer than 5 QSOs several times because of equipment failures, power outages or family emergencies. I'd hate to think my QSO's would be deleted.
I also have a good friend that is a DX'er who has worked almost all countries. He often makes only a handfull of contacts that he needs for new ones or band fillers. Sometimes only one or two I'd hate to think that his contacts would be removed.
Also I've had many, many, many instances where people have responded to my CQ's admitting they weren't in the contest and querried me as to what I needed for the contest. Some of them (especially those in the waning minutes of a contest) I'm quite sure decided not to make any more contacts. I'd hate to think that those contacts would be deleted.
We had a incident here a few years back during CQP log checking where a couple with similar KH7 callsigns were operating from a midwestern state. Neither submitted a log. The wifes QSO's were flagged since she made only a few contacts. Several log checkers dinged those logs since there couldn't be two stations with such similar calls in the midwest. They of course were perfecty valid contacts.
Log checking follow the mantra of the medical industry and "Do no harm." A valid QSO should never be removed from a log. There are enough hassles in getting your license, assembling your station, learning the ropes in the hobby, we don't need to add any further detractions to the sport. Contesting is the fastest growing segment of the hobby in a number of countries around the world. We need to make rules that encourage rather than discourage this.
K6PUD
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