Log Checking Reports for VHF Contests (was: [NLRS] June VHF contest resul...

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/23/2005 8:19:51 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
hamk9jk at ameritech.net writes:

I would  also like to see the Log Checking Reports (LCRs) made 
available for the  VHF Contests.




Yup.  My thought is that if we are getting docked for logging &  contest 
errors through the use of computer cross checking at the League,  while it may 
keep the contest "honest", it doesn't help us individually  what-so-ever without 
the individual LCR report to indicate what it is that we  did wrong  .... kind 
of like beating the dog three hours after its done  something bad.    
 
As JK and GHZ point out, and as a separate issue outside of the  need to 
provide the LCR reports, there is also a wrinkle in the ARRLs cross  checking 
software in that it doesn't like to see W0ZQ and W0ZQ/R in the same  contest 
(although the rules allow for this).   If you check out the  2005 January contest 
line scores, you will see W0ZQ and W0ZQ/R.   My  W0ZQ/R set an all time 
national record for the largest negative score of minus  45 points.   By going out 
and doing some afternoon playing on 2m FM  and 10 gigs, I managed to suck away 
45 points from our club score.  My  Plaque is in the mail.
 
Seriously, the League is aware of this unique problem with VHF cross log  
checking and having one station submit both a home and a rover  score.   If 45 
points would have made a difference in our clubs  standings, we would be in 
there fighting tooth & nail to reclaim them.   But they don't, so in the meantime 
its somewhat fun to be the holder of a rather  unique record ... the lowest 
rover score ever ..... its even lower than not  going out .... its anti-activity.
 
In summary, yes, we should continue to push the League towards providing  
LCRs for VHF contesting and we should continue to ask them to fix the rover/home  
scoring anomaly before it creates a real problem.
 
73, Jon
W0ZQ