I'm having a slight issue with one thing you've written Bob. You wrote
that it is "not OK to go back and correct this after the fact." This
seems at odds with what I have heard stations say for years: namely that
if you make a change during the contest in in the minutes immediately
after the contest, its OK. Indeed, in WRTC, you're allowed 30 minutes
to make corrections and to enter in any notes that you made during the
contest.
Two examples come to mind:
in CQWW, you work HG108DX on one band but you entered the call into your
log as HG109DX. You work him three hours later on a different band yet
your worked call history shows you have never worked HG108DX, but you
KNOW you worked him. A quick scan of partials indicates you purportedly
worked HG109DX, but you know now this to be wrong. My understanding is
that you've always been able to make this correction during the contest.
In ARRL DX (from the W/VE side), you work GW4BLE and you enter 59 100 as
his power. Three hours later, you work GW4BLE and you clearly hear him
say 59 400 which conflicts with what you think he said earlier. A
verbal confirmation that 59 400 is correct and has been correct leads
you to change what you entered in the first QSO. Again, my
understanding is that you've always been able to make this correction
during the contest.
73 Rich NN3W
On 6/17/2013 1:32 PM, w5ov@w5ov.com wrote:
I am curious how these scenarios are being read into rules that say
nothing about correcting typos or using SCP?
"Check Partial" or "Super Check Partial" doesn't ever "log" anything. The
operator chooses a suggested callsign and then *HE* logs that, but it is
not CP or SCP doing the logging.
The rule is strictly on using *outside* means of analyzing and correcting
your log. If *you* figure out that *you* made a typo, that's not what this
rule is talking about - is it?
Even so, the rest of the pertinent section says:
VIII.9 All logging must be performed in real time.
VIII.10. Call signs logged must be the same as those exchanged
over the air by the entrants during the QSO.
Q: How does that affect the above?
A: Let's say that you log and work K1ABZ during the contest. Later, you
somehow realize you should misheard his callsign and it should have been
K1ABC. In this scenario, you said "K1ABZ" (Alpha Bravo Zulu) on the air
and logged K1ABZ. It is not OK to go back and correct this after the fact.
You made an error - clearly. Fixing it after the fact does not undo the
error - does it?
One thing that is quite different is that with the advent of SDR, the
committee can hear virtually every qso that takes place.
W5OV
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