[NLRS] Re: Log Checking Reports for VHF Contests

[Gerald]

On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 09:54 -0500, Gary Mohrlant wrote:
> 
> I have talked to Dan Henderson at the ARRL about this problem.
> 
> The problem is:
> 
> I worked W0AUS from his house in EN35 on all band except 10Ghz and 24Ghz.
> 
> Later on W0AUS came over to my QTH area in EN34 and we worked 10Ghz and 
> 24Ghz while he was in EN34.I live near the grid line and Bob went into 
> EN35 and we worked both bands again.
> 
> Since W0AUS didn't work me on these bands from home he can't include 
> them in the log he will send in. If he doesn't send in a check log the 
> contacts we made won't show up when my log is checked against his home 
> log and the contact is counted as a bad ones.
> 
> So -  John if you were out for the weekend as a rover and then got home 
> and worked a few stations and sent in log for those contacts and for 
> some reason didn't send in your Rover log everyone that worked you as a 
> rover would be docked points for every contact they made with you.
> 
> The ARRL is working on the problem. The fix right now is to send in a 
> log if you work from home and a check log if you also go out as a rover 
> or portable station or send in your Rover log and a check log for your 
> home contacts.
> 
> One problem right now is that if you send in a electronic log and then 
> send in a check log it over writes the log you first sent in. The way 
> you have to do it right now is send in your log to the robot and then 
> email your check log to Dan Henderson .
> 
> I don't know if this is clear and if it isn't give me a call at 
> 651-777-1369 and maybe I can explain it better on the phone.
> 
> Gary W0GHZ
> 
> 
> 
Sounds to me as if the prevention is far stronger than the disease and
could be designed to discourage "casual" contesting to the point of
killing the contest.

Are contacts where the other station doesn't send in any log also cut
from the final score?

Are we VHF operators so dishonest that they consider if they didn't hear
to contact made that we made it up?


-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
All content copyright, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson