[ILQSO] DuPage is DUPG, DUPE is DUPE!

[Don Pine, K9DRP]

So I'm working the party yesterday, and had switched back to CW from
phone.  I heard a CQ with a good signal on 40 so I threw him my call.
I tried to answer several times, but each time that I tried someone
would key in with DuPage.  It was aggravating, but after several
attempts he finally acknowledged my call and we completed the QSO.

When I went to enter the contact into my N3FJP contest log, I saw that
I hadn't switched the mode back to CW from phone.  And when I did, it
popped up with the DUPE warning!  It was then I realized he was trying
to tell me I was a dupe.  But I persisted and he must of decided it was
easier to work me in order to be rid of me.

I don't remember the call, but I offer my apology to that OP.  I'm an
idiot, but I still had fun handing out some CLRK contacts.  And I'll
listen for the difference between DUPG and DUPE next year!

73,

Don, K9DRP

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     Don Pine, K9DRP
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