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Re: [CQ-Contest] Yes, I busted the call

To: Art Boyars <art.boyars@verizon.net>, cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Yes, I busted the call
From: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Reply-to: n2ic@arrl.net
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:01:57 -0700
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Sweepstakes log checking is in this 
article...

http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/ss-cw/myth.html

73,
Steve, N2IC

Art Boyars wrote:
> Thanks for the on-line and private opinions.  NA5TR (who opined not to
> consider it busted) reframed the question: Do you get a penalty for
> >>logging<< a busted call, or for >>claiming<< a QSO with a busted call?
> (Recall that there is a way I can un-credit the QSO without giving the other
> guy a NIL: put in the correct call, and put an error in some other part of
> the report.  He gets a valid QSO, and I get no credit and no penalty.)
> 
> Nonetheless, I think the criterion is that once you have told the other guy
> that he has a valid QSO then it's up to you to get the data correct during
> the contest, and you have to leave your best effort in the log.  So, I'll
> take the hit.
> 
> Now I can get on with worrying about something more important:  What am I
> doing wrong, that my rates in SS CW are so low?
> 
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