[NLRS] Contest error report

Brad Johannes bradjrc at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 20 20:16:28 EST 2006


Add another person to the mix, ME.
YOUR LOG X   50 PH 2006-06-11 1608 KB0HNN       EN25 N4BH         EM95
HIS LOG G   50 PH 2006-06-11 1608 N4BH         FN31 KB0HNN       EN25


> >
> >
> >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.
>
>-------------------- snip ------------------------
>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
>
>
>----------------- snip ------------------
>
>CU     Al
>
>--
>Allan W. Schlaugat      Chippewa County (WI) District 6 Supervisor
>Amateur Radio: N9ISN           American Philatelic Society #186089
>Home Page: www.n9isn.com                      Albertville, WI  USA
>
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>the end of the day saying, "Hey, Is there room in your head for
>one more?"
>
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