[PaQSO] Dupe Sheet from N1MM

[Bob Raker]

Mike,

Please clarify - does the 100 point penalty for dupes apply to electronic
logs? -  to paper logs? - or to both?

73,
Bob
W0BR/CUM

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Michael Coslo <mjc5 at psu.edu> wrote:

>
> On Oct 6, 2010, at 7:03 PM, MARK KEMPISTY wrote:
>
> > With computer logging it is in your benefit to log dupes.  Dave Robbins
> K1TTT (one of the premiere contestors in the world) has a short note at the
> end of the N1MM manual about why you MUST log dupes. If its good for him its
> good for the rest of us. I have been working dupes since I read this over 8
> years ago.
>
> I certainly respect Dave and his opinions a lot, but he doesn't set the
> metric for us.
>
> And yes, if a person logs dupes, and sends that log in, the main thing it
> does is make more work for the log checkers.
>
>
> > My personal experience is that I hear too many running stations waste
> > time trying to explain the dupe. In that amount of time they could have
> easily worked two or three more stations with one of them probably being me.
> That would let me move on to the next QSO.  The ones that are working dupes
> never break stride and just may have eliminated a logging penalty.
>
> There are certainly two or more sides to every issue. Certainly it can be
> an inconvenience to wait to QSO with someone. But it can also be an
> inconvenience to sift through duplicate contacts. Fortunately there really
> aren't that many since the ascendancy of computerized logging.
>
> My own personal method of dealing with dupes is to tell the person they are
> a dupe, and move on. I don't need to explain anything.
>
> I use N1MM at home and WB3W while mobile. It doesn't allow me to log dupes,
> so that kind of makes it a nuisance to have to log them.
>
>
> - 73 de Mike N3LI -
>
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