Probably one of the reasons people are so "het up" over the issue of =
UBN's is the penalties assessed.
If the fault in creating a busted call in your log is the other guy's, =
why should you be penalized 3 QSOs?
Wouldn't it be fairer in the case of busted calls to simply delete the =
credit for the busted from your log?
Also, since the QSO was NOT a two way exchange, shouldn't it be deleted =
from the other station's log, too?
In the case of a "not in log" situation, however, the penalty should =
stay at three QSO's removed since this=20
could conceivably be a case of claiming the QSO in hopes that the other =
station doesn't send in his log and
it will not be counted against the station claiming the QSO?=20
If you really wanted to get nasty, if the claimed NIL QSO was a =
multiplier, penalized the offense by removing three multipliers!
I strongly agree with the people who have said that contesting is about =
making valid two way QSOs.=20
If it is not two way it is not a QSO on the part of either station.=20
The most important part of the exchange is the callsigns of both the =
stations.
In SS the exchange is equally important. How about the ultimate in =
nastiness and assessing a penalty for each miscopied element of the =
exchange:=20
3 QSOs for the callsign wrong and 1 QSO for each error in number, =
precedence, check or section?
BTW since I am in zone 4 but CT always shows me as being in zone 3 =
should I be penalized each time the other station has me as zone 3 in =
his log?
He should be, since I always send the 04 and if he doesn't catch it that =
is his fault.
I wonder if our esteemed log checkers could see how many times the wrong =
zone is shown in DX logs for some recent contests.
73
Larry
Number seven Desert Fox
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