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Re: [CQ-Contest] I just will not send in logs.

To: "Barry Merrill, W5GN" <w5gn@mxg.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] I just will not send in logs.
From: Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:04:40 -0600
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That's a huge stretch!

I've casually exchanged Q's in scores of contests over the years where I've
not sent in a log.  Do ya think I'm the cause of the wrong guy winning all
those tests?

73, de Hans, K0HB/4ID
aka: "Just Wrong"


On Sunday, March 17, 2013, Barry Merrill, W5GN wrote:

> And therefore you LIKE being THE REASON THE WRONG STATION WON THE CONTEST?
>
> Because his error in copying your exchange, that would have been caught
> in the log checking and would have reduced his final score, was not
> detected, because you didn't send in your log as a CheckLog???.
>
> That's not old-fashioned, that's just wrong.
>
> Barry, W5GN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com <javascript:;>]
> On Behalf Of
> Charles Harpole
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 11:25 AM
> To: n4zr@contesting.com <javascript:;>
> Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] I just will not send in logs.
>
> Pete, I think the innovators of Skimmer and RBN and the like have mucked up
> my beloved ham radio contesting so far that I, formerly an avid contester
> and high scorer, have a new strategy.
>
> I work my favorite contests as SO, AB or SB, HP, not assisted, as usual
> with
> all the energy my old body delivers, BUT I DO NOT SEND IN A LOG.  I
> recommend others in my situation do the same.
> 1.  to send in a log, in one way, means I want to enter a competition, and
> with so many stacks (ant. or otherwise) against me, it is no longer a
> competition for me.
> 2. to send in a log also in a small way perpetuates the mess as it has
> evolved, and I do not like contributing to messes.
>
> Sign me old-fashioned, 73
>
> --
> Charly, HS0ZCW
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73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a boy and his radio"
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