Hi Doug,
I appreciate your predicament. I'd still submit the log even if it was just
to let them know you participated. I would not worry about others getting
penalized because of errors in your log. In fact, that should simply not
happen because they are not responsible for it.
<soapbox>
Now I rarely ever look at the official results myself. Frankly, when they
get around to publishing the results after a ridiculously long 6 months, the
excitement of the contest has worn off slightly for me. ;) :D I couldn't
give a rats behind what the posted results are after all that time. I've
moved on. I often wondered how many hams that entered the contest became
silent key while they tabulated the results with a slide ruler and abacus
apparently.
</soapbox>
I only check the 3830 submissions for a few days after the contest to see
how folks have been doing, and that's it for me.
73,
--Alex KR1ST
-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+alex=kr1st.com@contesting.com> On
Behalf Of Doug Allen
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 8:13 AM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] To submit or not to submit
For many decades starting in the 1950s I submitted my VHF (and HF) contest
results to the ARRL. I also reported my results on 3830 kHz back in the
days, and on the 3830 web site since then. For some 30 years, I often had
competitive, top 10, VHF (and HF) results as W2CRS, W0AH, and K4LY.
I'm now age 83, and for the past ten years, I've not had the energy,
motivation, and concentration to operate the necessary hours to be
competitive despite probably still having a competitive station. More
troubling than that, for me, is the realization that I make more logging
mistakes than when I was younger. I don't know how long the following
contest rule has existed- *"Contacts with call sign errors ("Busted") or
that are not found in the corresponding log ("NIL") are removed from the log
and an additional scoring penalty of the QSO point value of that contact is
assessed."* I think the rule, and computer error checking, are fine, but
they have eliminated my submissions because I don't want others to be
penalized by my mistake of not logging them. With 8 VHF+ bands, three
modes, 3 chat pages,
2 computers, 2 rotators, and one failing briain (poor hearing, eyesight, and
memory), I wish I were confident in my logging ability, but those days are
over, and so too, I guess, the submitting of contest results to the ARRL. I
really appreciate the chance to submit my scores to the 3830 site and see
how others have done.
Doug K4LY EM85wb
Inman, SC
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