[ILQSO] DuPage is DUPG, DUPE is DUPE!

[Kevin LaFata]

Having done Rover a couple of times now, I've seen a few times when I
search & pounce, I'll occasionally have people mention that I'm a dupe.
Usually, I can just say I have some new counties and it all works out.  But
recently I had a couple of people just move onto the next caller in the
same transmission. They might just be missing out on a 3-4 county corner  ;)



Best Regards,
Kevin LaFata / K0KEV

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:32 PM Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > --
> > "I reckon.  Therefore I am."
> >       Don Pine, K9DRP
> >      donpine at joink.com
> >      donpine at eskimo.com
> >        217-826-1111
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