I can only tell you I stopped using them because they were wasting my time in
contests. Their only value IMHO is finding unusual multipliers. If you're able
to run most of the contest you will eventually be worked by most of the
interesting calls.
I've also had the misfortune of being spotted with another person's similar
callsign, and that created a dupe mess for me and the people logging me with
the wrong callsign. Anyone who's heard me knows I identify between calls
instead of using QRZ 99.98% of the time. I also manage to maintain a fairly
low error rate.
In the end, each Q must be listened to for accuracy.
73, Sandy Farley N7RQ
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 08:25:15 AM MST, <charlie@thegallos.com>
wrote:
I've been following the thread, and I'm wondering - has anyone gamed out the
"points gained by going faster because of relying on spots/rbn" vs "Cost of
busts"
Is it possible that by going faster, you are getting more points than the busts
cost?
Just an interesting idea
73 de KG2V
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+charlie=thegallos.com@contesting.com> On
Behalf Of NC8R via CQ-Contest
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 7:49 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Do not rely on spots for copying callsigns
It seems like that's quite common in phone contests. Whether it's caused by QRM
or the operator's accent, some calls will be copied and spotted wrong. I
occasionally get spotted as NC3R, etc. That happened during WPX, even though I
say my call after every QSO while running. It's always important to listen
carefully to verify that you have the correct call. Unfortunately, some
operators are going to lose points as a result of relying on the spots!
Dan NC8R
On Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at 10:10 PM, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> On Thursday I received an email from the WPX committee encouraging me to
> submit my log from the 2024 WPX phone contest. Apparently based on other
> submitted logs they know which stations were active and encourage them to
> submit a log for log checking or just as a friendly reminder. This reminder
> was for the P40A callsign which I use in Aruba however I did not participate
> at all in this year’s contest from anywhere. My good friend P43A was very
> active on 15m and he was apparently mis-spotted once. I am certain that
> Jean-Pierre correctly said his callsign but some stations just logged what
> was spotted. I am not sure how many stations logged his callsign incorrectly
> but it was enough for the committee to send me the notice below: This is just
> a reminder to not rely on spots for callsign data as they are sometimes not
> accurate!
>
>
>
> John KK9A – P40A etc
>
>
>
>
>
> From: CQ WPX Contest
> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 5:41 PM
> To: john@p40a.com
> Subject: 2024 CQ WPX SSB - Please Send Your Log Reminder for: P40A
>
>
>
> Hello P40A,
>
> Your callsign shows up in logs we received for the 2024 CQ WPX SSB Contest.
>
> Your contest log is important to us.
>
> The information from the SSB QSOs you made on March 30-31, 2024, can help us
> improve our log checking processes.
>
> PREFERRED METHOD: The preferred method of submitting the log is using the web
> upload option which will check for possible errors or inconsistencies. Logs
> in Cabrillo format can be uploaded, checked, and
>
> Thank you for being part of the 2024 CQ WPX SSB Contest.
>
> 73,
>
> The CQ WPX Contest Committee
>
>
>
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