That seems to only apply if the station isn't sure what zone he's in or
asks what zone he's in. If the station is very assertively sending the same
zone number QSO after QSO, no matter where I think he is, I am gong to log
what he sent. How am I to know where he really is? He may be a guest op at
someone else's station.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Maarten van R <pd2r.maarten@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Like David said, CQWW says you should log the correct zone based on the
> location, not what was send. Same thing with cut numbers used for CQ zone
> numbers.
> See:http://www.cqww.com/rules_faq.htm
> This contradicts with the "log what was send" rule but it actually seems
> fairly logical. If the other station doesn't submit his log, the logchecker
> can not possibly know what was actually send but it does know what the
> correct zone number should be based on the location of the station.
> As others have asked, what happens when the other op does submit his log
> with the wrong number? Then the log checker does know what was send over
> the air.
>
> As I read the rules and the FAQ section on the CQWW website, the rule
> is pretty clear. Log the correct number based on the location, no matter
> what was actually send over the air.
> This should cover the majority of the mistakes except for a few NA or
> Russian stations where their callsign puts them is a different location
> then they actually are. That said, with stations from NA and Russia, one
> can expect such deviations.
>
> 73, Maarten PD2R
>
>
>
>
>
> Op woensdag 28 september 2016 heeft Ed Muns <ed@w0yk.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ed@w0yk.com');>> het volgende geschreven:
>
> > Log what you send and receive, not what you think should have been sent.
> > Log checking will quickly it figure out. If you lie in your log, it just
> > increases the workload of the log checker(s). Your log should be a true
> > recording of the contest.
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed W0YK
> > On Sep 27, 2016 12:07 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > >
> > > I would like to know what the WW committee thinks about your statement?
> > > For example, one W6 station last weekend sent me 04 04 CA CA which
> > printed
> > > clearly on multiple decoders. This is not physically possible! What
> > about
> > > the station that sends 001 OH? Logging an obviously incorrect zone does
> > > not seem like the right thing to do and it can lead an incorrect zone
> > > multiplier count.
> > >
> > > John KK9A - W4AAA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To: CQ-Contest <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Log what was sent
> > > From: <kzerohb@gmail.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:49:01 +0000
> > >
> > > On another online venue a fellow held the opinion that when someone
> > sends an
> > > inaccurate element of the contest exchange (ie., the wrong Zone for his
> > > location in CQWW), that a contest operator should record the correct
> > Zone,
> > > NOT
> > > the Zone that was sent to him.
> > >
> > > I certainly would query the sender. For example, if a station in Iowa
> > sent
> > > Zone “7” in CQWW (his IARU zone) instead of Zone “4” (his CQ Zone), but
> > if he
> > > confirmed Zone 7, then I feel that I am obligated to log what he sent.
> > >
> > > After all, isn’t contesting all about our skill at accurately copying
> and
> > > precisely logging what was sent to us?
> > >
> > > If that isn’t true, then why not just exchange callsigns and let our
> > > computers
> > > fill in the blanks?
> > >
> > > “What year was I licensed in? Damn, I forgot again. I’ll make up a
> > > number and
> > > you never mind what I sent, just let N1MM fill in the blank.”
> > >
> > > 73, de Hans, KØHB
> > > "Just a boy and his radio"™
> > >
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