[CQ-Contest] Fwd: Ethical question -- NIL?

[Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com>]

Arrgh!  This was supposed to go to the list, not just to W1NR.

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From: Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ethical question -- NIL?
To: Mike McCarthy, W1NR <lists@w1nr.net>


Thanks for all the comments, which expressed a wide range of views. I was a
little surprised to see that some people think I was "massaging" my log,
whereas K9MA saw it just as I did.  (Must be the W9YT experience -- we had
a lot of fun together there.)

I think W1NR has the right explanation.  The 9-call was calling somebody I
could not hear (and there were LOTS of stations I could not hear in that
'Test, especially west of W9-Land). Maybe I should have realized that.  And
K3EH (the real QSO) was very considerate to wait for the "K3EH" (non-)QSO
and then call me again.

73, Art K3KU

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On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM Mike McCarthy, W1NR via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:

> I would log the K3ES only. Another possibility is that another station
> was on the same frequency that you could not hear and the 9 was calling
> them.
>
> --
> 73 de Mike, W1NR
>
> THAT was the equation. EXISTENCE!... SURVIVAL... must cancel out...
> programming!
>
> - Ruk -
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