While I would agree that a unique is not a reason for busting a call, I would also agree that most of them are busted. But some possible reasons otherwise might be: The person who fires up the rig an
During the 1984 ARRL DX contest, I heard FG7CM calling CQ. Being this was my first time "solo," I called him, only to find that he wasn't in the contest. Still, he was kind enough to give me a QSO, w
If you were the only person (of those who submitted a log) to work that call then it would show up as a unique. But, that doesn't mean that it would be removed from your log (or score). When you look
My understanding is that it would NOT get automatically bounced in any contest, but that if that one Q "put you over the top" of another competitor, that it would be "hand massaged" to determine if l
They don't seem to have done so this time at ARRL - I lost credit for every unique (7 I think, not counting busted calls)), including at least 5 that are confirmed to be active calls by QRZ. 73, Pete
At the risk of being called "old fashioned", if he was in your log, and not an obvious bust (i.e. another call sign having worked you at that time, than I would assume that you are an Amateur and a g
N4ZR: They don't seem to have done so this time at ARRL - I lost credit for every unique (7 I think, not counting busted calls)), including at least 5 that are confirmed to be active calls by QRZ. De
I checked my LCRs for every ARRL DX test back to 2003 and never had a unique removed. 73 Saul K2XA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht
Pete, No, you did not lose qsos for your uniques. There is a one qso penalty for each busted call, so you lost 14 qsos for your 7 busted calls. Saul K2XA _____________________________________________
Just because it is a vaild issued callsign does not mean that it is not unique to a given log nor does it mean that the callsign was logged correctly. -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http:
7 miscopied calls lose the 7 + 7 more as penalty = -14 3 busted exchanges (no additional penalty) = -3 Total reduction is 17 QSOs. Nothing to do with uniques. The LCR is a bit misleading. DR4M was a