Had a W0 call me 4 times in about 40 minutes....I can understand one, maybe
two.....but come on man !!! Also had one guy send me an email apologizing for
the dupe, software trouble on his end, I said no problem I work all dupes
anyway.....but you’re right , this year was the worst, nearly 30 dupes in just
over 1000 qsos....
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> On Jan 6, 2020, at 5:41 PM, Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com> wrote:
>
> I worked a LOT of dupes in the RU this year. Some were coming for the 3rd
> time on the same band! In this contest it's not uncommon but just seemed
> more than the usual - I suppose that's a reflection of some guys playing in
> the RTTY RU and not using a proper logger, or FTx guys trying their hand at
> RTTY. Don't mind working dupes at all because sometimes they get my call
> wrong or I log it wrong on my end. And it only takes a few seconds to work
> them again. It's normally faster than doing a dance to figure out what's in
> the log that's needs to be fixed. And it's better to be safe and in the log
> than short by one on the long end. Or maybe I have it wrong and cool dudes
> don't work dupes.
>
> Funny story to relay from the RTTY RU. I was S&P and called a guy that had
> apparently worked me - but was not in my log. I got the "BEFORE" reply which
> I get a few times each contest and for that case, I have a short macro that
> says "NIL - plz work again". And to my complete amazement the guy sent a
> reply - apparently typed by hand as the pace was a bit slower than normal
> macro exchange speed - "dont think so." Wow, never had someone tell me
> that. So the net result of this is he lost a point because he's not in my
> log and that will pop in the cross check. And we must have wasted a minute or
> two doing the dance. Good move all around, OM!
>
> So every contest club needs to open their 2020 meetings again with "always
> work the dupes."
>
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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>
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