Can that really happen? I've never understood why there are so many NILs,
including from fairly skilled ops. But if a checklog is not included in the
competition, why would a QSO with that SM not simply be classified as a Unique?
Never heard of a "NICL"--not in checklog.
George W1EBI
>From George's iPhone
> On May 3, 2015, at 5:44 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 05/03/2015 08:01 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>> The concept of CHECKLOG has existed for many years. It is a log that is
>> submitted to help the log checking process, but the entrant does not want
>> their score to be included in the results.
>
> As I have learned, Checklogs can be used for nefarious purposes. In
> particular, there is a Swedish operator who works many people in the contest,
> but then deletes calls from his log if he does not think you are a good
> QSLer. This results in the deleted stations getting NIL's in their logs (and
> the associated penalties), while the Swedish stations' log remains completely
> hidden. Checklogs have not been included in the database of open logs.
>
> Frankly, I think Checklogs should be eliminated. Either send in your log for
> scoring, or don't send in a log at all.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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