Sounds from the chatterboards and an online CQ zone map that Zone 37 is
correct, not Zone 21 as the loggers suggest. (Yemen apparently covers parts
of both 21 and 37.
So not copying what was sent from 7o2a (37) was in error. What you should
copy when it's clearly wrong... I'm not sure.
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 11/20/13 9:21 AM, "Cqtestk4xs@aol.com" <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com> wrote:
> When a "Sunday driver" guy calls me in the contest from DJ and sends me
> 5901 instead of 5914, that clearly is wrong. You're saying that I should log
> it as 5901 and not make the correction?
>
> K4XS
>
>
> In a message dated 11/20/2013 2:12:05 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
> k5zd@charter.net writes:
>
> We had a very good example of this in CQWW SSB. 7O2A was on the air from
> Socotra Island in Yemen. He clearly sent zone 37 for every QSO, but many
> operators went with the default zone filled in by their logging software
> (21)... and lost the multiplier.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> kr2q@optimum.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:57 AM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Automation = lost essential skills
>>
>> I saw this on the NBC Nightly News today (Nov 19) and the analogy to
>> contesting immediately became apparent.
>>
>> Of course, nobody dies using automation to work DX.
>>
>> As one local in NJ put it, "Search and Pounce" has become "Pounce."
>>
>> de Doug KR2Q
>>
>>
>> http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/#53605685
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