Art,
Unfortunately, IMHO, you were unable to positively log the proper station and
report from the K3 station due to the interference from the 9 land station. In
short, a busted call.
I strongly suspect that you did work Brian K3ES, who is in WPA. But my
suspicion is not what you ought to use to make any log changes (and I am NOT
advising that you do so, for the record).
Did you log a QSO with the 9 lander? Your post implies that you did not. So
if said station submits a log, and you don't have him in yours, then I can't
see how he would get credit for it. (And if he doesn't submit a log, well, so
what?)
So... if this were me, my own ethics would not permit me to take credit for the
call as "K3ES" or "K3EH" or any variant thereof.
Accept it as a busted Q due to QRM. Shake your hand at the clouds (ala the
Grandpa Simpson meme) if it helps. And no, it's not fair. In contests, well,
things happen, and this is one of those things.
GL
73, ron w3wn
On Friday, December 12, 2025 at 11:18:27 AM EST, Art Boyars
<artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
ARRL 160M 'Test. I call CQ and get multiple callers (Saturday night fresh
meat). I dig out "K3", and I send "K3". A K3 and some 9-land call answer.
I dig out "K3E", and I send "K3E?". A K3 and a 9-lander answer.
I dig out "K3EH" (I think; close enough -- if I'm wrong, he can fix it),
and I send him a report.
The calling station sends me "5NN IL" and does not correct the K3EH call
sign.
Illinois? No problem; lots of people in non-natural QTHs these days. I
log it, and do a quick "ready for the next caller", hoping the 9-land
caller is still there.
Instead, K3ES calls in. "5NN WPA".
Hmmm. So, who gave me 5NN IL??
QRZ.com shows K3EH in Florida. K3EH has no scores posted on 3830scores.com.
I think it was that over-persistent 9-land call. If I leave it in my log,
I'll get dinged for a busted callsign. So I change it to X-QSO.
But wait a minute. I'll lose the QSO -- and it's his fault -- but the
9-lander call might still get credit for it, which I believe he does
not deserve. (Some say the log checking software might not credit him.)
I still have time to delete the QSO from my log and to resubmit.
What do you think I should do? I do not promise to accept your advice.
73, Art K3KU
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