Art,
You had enough information, at the time of the QSOs, to remove the QSO that
you logged with K3EH. I see no ethical problem with turning it into an
X-QSO.
You tried to ignore the persistent caller with a 9 in the callsign, but his
QRM caused you to bust the callsign of K3ES and log it as K3EH. When K3ES
called in and you completed that QSO, it was clear that the callsign in the
previous QSO was not K3EH (no 9 in that callsign, never mind the IL!).
The impact may be minor, but you should not suffer a NIL for your effort to
complete a QSO with K3ES. I would be grateful to K3ES for sticking around
and making it into your log with the correct callsign. The "persistent
9-lander" was not persistent enough to make sure that you had their
callsign. That station is the only one who deserves a penalty, in this case
NIL.
73, Dave K1HT
On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM 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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