[ILQSO] DuPage is DUPG, DUPE is DUPE!

[Hank Greeb]

I NEVER, nay, NEVER even acknowledge that a DUPE may be a DUPE. There's 
absitively NO PROBLEM with submitting a cabrillo file with duplicates, 
and, on rare occasion, the first contact might NOT be in the other log, 
so filling it in with a fresh one will count on both ends.

If a fellow says I'm a dupe, and I don't have it in my log, I'll mention 
that he's NIL, but no force the issue.  It's often fruitless to do so, 
and a waste of time.

I really don't understand why folks take minutes to argue about dupes, 
when a dupe can be entered in 10 of 20 seconds max, with no down side.

That's one reason I do NOT use N3FJP's program, unless I'm forced to 
because of preference to a club, etc.  Unless things have changed, a 
DUPE is never allowed in Scott's programs.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 10/22/2018 1:47 PM, Jim Funk wrote:
> That's a good one.   And a good reminder to "work the dupes" and move on!
>
> 73, Jim N9JF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Don Pine, K9DRP
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 12:09 PM
> To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ILQSO] DuPage is DUPG, DUPE is DUPE!
>
> 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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