[NLRS] dupe sheet specs

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 10:26 -0500, Doug Reed wrote:
> 
> Last weekend we discussed the 10 mile rule a couple times during meals. 
> Every time I suggested that sub-grids be used as part of the 
> determination, I was told they don't matter but here we are using them 
> to check for dupes.<g>
> 
> I'd still like to have the rule changed to something like "every new 
> operating location must be a minimum 10 road mile move from the last 
> operating location and every QSO must be from a different 6-digit 
> sub-grid." This does penalize the southern states where sub-grids are 
> larger, but I'm not sure how much the actual difference is.
> 
> 73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
> 
> W0ZQ at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > I would add to that the date and time so that you can find the referenced QSO 
> > in the real log.   In the past, for the 10gig contest, I have used Excel to 
> > generate my log, then do a SORT on columns in the order of CALL WORKED, then 
> > GRID RECEIVED, then GRID SENT.   The idea is to be able to scan the 
> > alphabetically sorted dupe sheet and to see that no one call has been worked from the same 
> > grid received - sent pair.
> > 
> > 73, Jon
> > W0ZQ
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 9/20/06 11:36:01 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> > goverby at charter.net writes:
> > 
> >> For the 10ghz contest, what exactly does a 'dupe sheet' consist of?
> >>
> >> The Rules say:
> >>
> >>   5.5.1. A dupe sheet is an alphanumerically sorted list of all contacts
> >>   made during the contest, sorted by band and mode as appropriate. A
> >>   list of duplicate contacts does not meet this requirement.
> >>
> >> Since I only have one band, and mode isn't even logged for this contest I
> >> think it will consist of:  callsign, sent grid, received grid.
> >>
> >> I 'only' had 475 contacts, so I don't have to send along a dupe sheet, but I
> >> thought I'd try generating one anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >
Classic dupe sheets contained only call.
http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/dupesht.pdf There's a new dupe sheet
for each band and mode. For a rover, that would be at least for each
grid. At 10 GHz where moves are sub grid, I'd interpret that to be at
each location.

The dupe sheet is not to be made the day after the contest, but is a
live part of operating (with paper) with each contact entered as made so
that a glance at the dupe sheet can tell if the station has been worked
before. Its often faster than computer software, because a glance is
faster than typing in a call. For very active contests the dupe sheet is
printed on 11 x 17 paper.

I had dupe sheets accepted from paper entries that were as small as a 6
x 8 card organized like the link referenced above. Since the prefix and
call are are part of the headers, only the suffix needs entering on thee
paper dupe sheet.

I believe that a list of calls worked sorted by band or with each band a
separate page and sorted by call is all it takes from a computer log to
meet the ARRL rules. The software should have prevented there being any
duplicates so the requirement is a bit superfluous, in my mind. And I've
been a part of entries that were published with the same score as
submitted that were sent that way.

Since in my quiet rural location, computers raise the noise level
annoyingly, I'll stick to paper, and if I work really hard, I'll do the
paper dupe sheet.

There is a post from last night waiting to include the dupe sheet if the
moderator releases it. If not use the link on this post.

-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
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