Hi All.
Over the SS weekend (which was a total gas!) I managed to work one of
the semi-rare multipliers early on. After finally getting through,
the exchange was performed and I realized after it was too late the
other op had gotten one of the letters of my call wrong! Since I was
kind of stunned, I didn't try to re-call the op and correct the
mistake figuring I probably wouldn't get through the pileup again. I
mulled this over as the contest went on and then found the same
station during a slack period of the 'test. This time the op
acknowledged my callsign correctly indicating that indeed I was
listed wrong in the log.
I suppose the approach I took to handle this was wrong as I now have
the advantage of about 2 1/2 days perspective! What I did was to try
to explain to the op that we had worked before and gave the
information sent me and I gave the op the information I sent when we
worked the night before. Instead, the op asked for my report
repeatedly. Tired and flustered I let the whole thing go. My
solution was to work the section again, the QSO of which I believe
would stand up to scrutiny.
So what should I have done? At the time my thought was that I
shouldn't log the op again as it would be a dupe for me (perhaps this
is the thing to do), but my thought was that it would give the other
op one more QSO which I didn't think was quite right. I thought I
should try to correct the original mistake, but obviously that didn't
work either. Since the op was working a good rate, I didn't think it
was fair to slow the rate or ask other stations to wait while I tried
to ensure myself a possible sweep. As it is, that station has a
unique, yet it can conceivably be cross-checked back to my log.
So, I guess it depends on whether the log checkers throw out just
the other op's unique or both of our Qs or any at all that this will
make a difference. What do the rest of you do in a similar
situation?
Thanks,
73, de Nate >>
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