When it is NOT being used to increase your score, it's not wrong or
impractical. My comments were meant for someone trying to gain a few
points by checking the db before submitting.
When done after contest log submission for your general log, it's just
nifty!
-N1TA
Radio K0HB wrote:
> It is neither wrong nor impractical.
>
> I'm one of those who contribute to the "after-contest bump" in QRZ lookups.
>
> After each contest I merge my contest log (WriteLog generated) into my
> overall station log (Logger32). Since the contest log contains very
> sparse detail (just the contest exchange), part of the automated merge
> process is a bridge program which does a "QRZ lookup" to populate my
> general purpose log with things like name, QTH, grid, etc.
>
> None of this information finds its' way into my contest log, since any
> log I submit has already been acknowledged by the robot before I begin
> the after-contest-station-record-housekeeping. (I have the UBNs to
> prove it!!!)
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mike N1TA
>
> In all seriousness, I agree that looking up callbook data after the
> contest is wrong. I also think that it is also totally impractical,
>
>
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