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Subject: [CQ-Contest] computers ruined contesting
From: kharker@cs.utexas.edu (Kenneth E. Harker)
Date: Sat Jul 5 10:26:37 2003
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:53:16PM +0000, K4SB wrote:

> In the first place, I seriously doubt "millions of contacts" being
> process for an entire year on all contests, much less the ARRL 10.

There were over 3,000 logs submitted in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, 2002.
If everyone worked everyone else, that would be 9,000,000 log entries.  That
didn't happen, but then again, not everyone sends in their log.  If the 
average log had 400 QSOs in it, that alone is 1,200,000 log entries to 
cross-check.

> Since when is the ARRL allowed to make their own interpretation of a
> call? Or the log checkers? By law, DU1/K6ACZ was the license issued
> and "various log checkers" have no right to use their own preferences.

Computer log checking is imperfect, and has bugs in it.  You've exposed a 
bug.  It will surely get fixed for the next time.  It's not a 
conspiracy against  DU stations or anything.

> Either modify the software ( it should actually be standard at this
> point ) or replace the checkers.

Um... how many ARRL 10 Meter Contest have their been since the 
introduction of serious computer cross-checking?  Three?  Maybe four?

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