I know of at least one contest sponsor who doesn't really check the logs at
all, so whatever you see on 3830scores.com or the online scoreboard ARE the
final scores. When you give that a little thought, it's really not any
better (I would argue worse) than being marked a little hard.
My LCR's tend to be just slightly better than average. Every one I've ever
crosschecked (most have been from the CQWW contests) has some Q's NIL or a
busted exchange where I "knew" for certain the QSO had taken place. In one
case, months after the contest, I got out the audio recording from ZF2AA and
verified I had made no mistake on a certain QSO. I happened to remember it
(unusual call for the Zone given), but the guy submitted his log, he put
something different in his logging software for a CQ Zone than he was giving
out on the air.(maybe he figured it out mid contest for all I know)
Other QSO's (their end) never got logged for one reason or another. It
happens.
All this suffice to say there are a multitude of reasons why a presumably
good QSO can be marked against us.
Keep it in the 2-8% error range and you'll be happy.
Nobody is perfect.
Mike VE9AA/ZF2AA and a few other calls.
p.s.- I don't play on the FT modes, but a previous poster's (Tor/N4OGW's)
explanation sounds spot on.
Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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