[NLRS] Contest error report

[Allan W Schlaugat]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:29:18 -0600, "Charlie Betz" <cbetz at clearwire.net>
wrote:

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>OK, first a confirmation on N4BH.  Either N4BH screwed up or the ARRL checking software 
>messed something up, becasue N9ISN, KM0T and now myself all got flagged for the same 
>mistake.  No way all three of us copied FN31 as EM95.

I have heard from: K9JK, N0VZJ and K9MU also had N4BH 'wrong'. All of us
had the grid as EM95. Also heard about a station that sent in the log with
the grid as 'FNFN'.  :-)
The one thing that makes you go hummm.. was that N4BH confirmed my QSO with
LOTW with the grid as EM95.

>Now, looking at my report, I am confused:  According to the following summary, I had 3 QSOs 
>removed (828 raw vs. 825 net), yet the second set of info says I had 3 duplicates and 2 
>incorrect exchanges.  Since when does 3 + 2 = 3??    I understand why the 2 incorrect 
>exchanges were deducted, but which one of the three dupes did they actually remove?  
>The other thing is I use CT, which supposedly reports dupes, so how could I have duplicate 
>entries?  If I really did, why did they not list them?

I had the same here too. I'll post my raw report and you can see my math
doesn't add up either.

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ARVHFJUN-2006
Call: N9ISN
Category: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
ARRL Section: WI

*** Summary ***

     880 raw QSO before duplicate removal and checking reductions
     869 net QSO after duplicate removal and checking reductions
     912 net QSO points after checking
     213 net multipliers after checking
  194256 final score

       3 (0.3%) duplicates
       2 (0.2%) calls copied incorrectly
       1 (0.1%) exchanges copied incorrectly
       2 (0.2%) not in log
      11 (1.2%) calls unique to this log only

*** Not In Log ('N') ***

Lines beginning with the letter 'N' are judged to be 'Not In Log'. This
means 
we have the other station's log, and your call, or a call close to it, does
not appear in that log on this band. This QSO is removed from the log and
an 
extra one qso penalty is assessed.

N   50 PH 2006-06-12 0239 N9ISN        EN44 K9RN         EN52
N  432 PH 2006-06-12 0241 N9ISN        EN44 K9RN         EN52

*** Incorrectly Copied Callsign ('B') ***

Lines beginning with the letter 'B' are judged to be 'Bad', which means the
callsign of the other station was copied incorrectly. This means we have no
log which matches the callsign in your log, but we do have a log with a 
callsign close to the claimed callsign which contains a matching QSO with 
you. This QSO is removed from your log and an extra one QSO penalty is 
assessed. For reference, the matching QSO from the other station is printed
below this line with the first letter 'G'. 

YOUR LOG B   50 PH 2006-06-10 1922 N9ISN        EN44 KE3OQ        FM19
 HIS LOG G   50 PH 2006-06-10 1922 K3OQ         FM19 N9ISN        EN44

YOUR LOG B   50 PH 2006-06-10 2308 N9ISN        EN44 W2JDT        FN20
 HIS LOG G   50 PH 2006-06-10 2308 W2UDT        FN20 N9ISN        EN44


*** Incorrect Exchange Information ('X') ***

Lines beginning with the letter 'X' are judged to have incorrectly copied 
exchange information. This means we have the other station's log, and the 
exchange sent by the other station does not match the exchange recorded in 
your log. This QSO is removed from your log with no additional penalty. 
For reference, the matching QSO from the other station is printed below
this 
line with the first letter 'G'. 

YOUR LOG X   50 PH 2006-06-10 1856 N9ISN        EN44 N4BH         EM95
 HIS LOG G   50 PH 2006-06-10 1855 N4BH         FN31 N9ISN        EN44


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CU     Al

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Allan W. Schlaugat      Chippewa County (WI) District 6 Supervisor
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