[Dx-qsl] Philosophical logging question?

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

At 8:32 AM -0600 1/1/02, FireBrick wrote:
>First off, HNY to all qslerites.
>
>Now taking into mind that US stations are no longer required to keep a
>written log; I still do.
>How else will I find those old qso's I never got a card for? ;)
>
>But the other day, even with the extreme suspicion that the YA5T on rtty was
>a pirate, I worked it and logged it.
>
>Now that my suspicions were confirmed, should I delete the pirate qso from
>the log?
>Or seeing as how I DID work someone using that call, should I leave it?
>
>I've marked it as 'invalid' and put Pirate into the note field.
>
>I know this whole question is inconsequential, just curious to know what
>other would do.
>

I would do the same thing you did; leave it in the log marked as you did. You DID make a contact at that time and frequency, so I would feel that the log should indicate it.

Hope this helps.

73,
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