CQ-Contest
[Top] [All Lists]

[CQ-Contest] Disable that feature!

To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Disable that feature!
From: Yuri Onipko <ve3dz@rigexpert.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:36:52 -0500 (EST)
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
For a couple of years now, I am checking the UBN file supplied by the Contest 
Sponsors against my audio recordings, public LOGs and my own LOG.
I am shocked to discover how many good QSO's in my LOG are ending up being 
marked "Not In LOG" and I am being penalized for that (I'm sure others getting 
it too).
While some casual operators are submitting incomplete LOGs, the most common 
problem contributing to NIL is... well known feature in the N1MM Logger: 
"QSYing wipes out the call...".
Maybe other Loggers have similar feature too.
If you are doing mostly S&P'ing, please... PLEASE... disable that feature for 
the Contest. No matter how good you are, there will be a moment when after 
making a QSO you would forget to hit Enter. And there you go - good QSO would 
just disappear when you charge your frequency.
Not only you lose a perfect QSO (very often, a multiplier), but you also 
penalize the other party, who thinks he made a good QSO.

Thank you!

73, Yuri  VE3DZ (TO4A this weekend)

_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>