So, why not leave it marked "Dupe" and leave it in the log? That helps
clarify everything.
Steve / N9FD
Tom Hammond wrote:
> Maybe this has shown up before. If it has, I've missed it.
>
> WA8YRS sez...
>
> >HE DID NOT WORK ME! Best guess is that he heard me call someone
> >else close to his frequency and thought I was talking to him, but
> >when I searched @ pounced I sent the call of the station I worked
> >just to try to avoid this!!!! (at least for the first 10 hours)
> >I had 12 dupes in my log.... Didn't hurt a thing. It is much
> >faster to work em and forget them. At least I know I am in their
> >log!!!!
>
> This brings up a questions that I've (kinda) worried about for a
> while...
>
> Having a Q 'in the log' is fine, BUT does it matter if it's 'in
> the log' at the RIGHT DATE/TIME...???
>
> What if the guy who thinks you're a dupe has you in his log on
> 12/07 (the date when you did NOT work him) and he (really) works
> you again on 12/08 as a courtesy to you because you say he's not
> on YOUR log. Now, when he does a post-contest cleanup, his
> software marks the 12/08 Q as a DUPE and removes(!) it from his
> log.
>
> So, you both sumbit your logs following the contest. But your
> Q's are at differing dates/times. How does the contest committee
> reconcile this? Do they toss BOTH Q's and possibly penalize both
> ops for busted Q's? Or do they 'assume' that your (later) Q's
> was the result of an attempt to work the guy you really didn't
> work previously? Or do they just match callsigns without regard
> to date/time worked?
>
> I too have experienced the "QSO B4" problem and have wondered how
> it was gonna be handled in the long run. There's a possibility that
> ateempting to change the guy's mind might actually wind up penalizing
> both ops.
>
> 73 - Tom Hammond N0SS
>
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