Hans -
Actually, this exact type of issue has been worked out in any number of
sports.
Let's take American football: Depending upon the infraction, the
offending team does not simply lose their turn, or force a "do over";
they're assessed yards, or a loss of down or similar. The point is to
encourage abiding by the rules, and strongly discourage breaking them by
making their infraction painful, and causing them to not want to do it
again.
Same here. If taking a (wrong) guess at a callsign only results in
losing that QSO, that's not such a big thing, really. Perhaps guessing
the callsign and logging the QSO allows the operator to move on to the
next QSO, whichmay be easier to work. Worst case, the QSO is removed,
but if they guessed correctly, it was kind of a bonus for them. If
they had to be certain of the call, they'd have had to make a decision
to 1) not log the QSO, or 2) Take more time to confirm the callsign
(which takes additional time, of course).
Just my 2 cents as I spend the day doing outside chores, and working on
antennas rather than doing the WPX CW contest, which would likely be
more fun. CR2X is knocking them dead on 15M right now.
73,
Steve
NN4X
On 5/25/2013 10:27 AM, Radio K0HB wrote:
> Not so, Steve.
>
> If I cobble up your call in SS, I simply lose that Q. There is no
> "encouragement penalty" beyond that.
>
> 73, Hans, K0HB
>
> On Friday, May 24, 2013, Steve London wrote:
>
>> On 05/24/2013 01:19 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
>>
>>> Kelly,
>>>
>>> The station which makes the "most clean Q's" should win.
>>>
>>> If I make 800 Q's with no errors and you make 805 Q's with 4 errors
(same
>>> mults), then you beat me 801 to 800. Unless we played in a socially
>>> engineered contest like CQWW.
>>>
>> This may disappoint you Hans, but virtually every major contest is
>> "socially engineered" by your definition. Please take your politics to a
>> more appropriate, non-ham-radio reflector.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>> 73, Hans, K0HB
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