In a message dated 5/7/99 10:33:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
v31jp@logical123.net writes:
<< A sudden QSB changes an "N" to an "I",
or a "B" to an "H", and is so entered. [snip] This does happen,
but not often. [snip] Do these deserve a penalty more than the loss of
the contact. I don't think so. >>
Doo-doo happens. If we EXCLUDE out and out cheaters (very few), then the
presumption is that everyone would get a score of 100% on what they
work/copy/log. But this is not the case. We all differ is our ACTUAL
ability, despite our PERCEIVED abilities (at least from the individual's own
perspective) being the same (perfect). Nobody KNOWINGLY copies and/or logs
a
mistake (remember, we are excluding cheating), yet we all agree that some of
us "do better" than others.
That is part of what a contest is all about. Despite each of us doing our
best, we just don't always get it right, even though AT THAT TIME, we
thought
we did! QSB, QRN, QRM are just additional factors that interfere with our
ability to both copy accurately AND recognize when an error is made.
Yes, an error is an error and should be handled the same in terms of
treatment and penalty. If there are "too many" errors (which you correctly
point out are typically FEW in number) then the shift can be made from the
penalty phase to the DQ phase.
de Doug KR2Q
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