I don't think so. I see a penalty as being for claiming a Q that is
incorrect, either intentionally or inadvertently. You are not claiming the
Q.
How about sending a checklog with just that Q on it, separate from your
contest entry?
Just my opinion.
Rusty,
NA5TR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars@verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Did I bust the call sign?
>I had trouble copying a certain guy's call in SS CW. I was befuddled by
>sleep deprivation, and I can't even remember if I was CQing or S&P. I do
>remember that I knew I had typed in the wrong call, and that I intended to
>go back and fix it. (I still find "logging behind" a lot harder with the
>computer than I did with paper logs. But I'm improving.) I few QSOs later
>I realized that I had not yet corrected the log, and I could not remember
>the correct call sign!! I scribbled a guess on a scrap of paper, but I
>really did not know what was correct. (After the 'Test I easily found the
>correct call in ARRL's "Logs Received", but there is no way I would use
>that info to create a valid QSO.)
>
> During the 'Test I decided that I should not claim credit for the QSO. I
> could not just delete it; that would give the other guy a NIL. I figured
> out that I could just change the call to the correct one, and change some
> of the other report data to incorrect. That way I would lose the one QSO,
> but not get a penalty for busted call, and the other guy would properly
> get credit for the QSO.
>
> But the more I thought, the more I got to the ethical question: Did I
> bust the call, and should I accept the penalty?
>
> What do you think?
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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