[PaQSO] Logging Dupes

[Hank Greeb]

  Talk about "similar calls" - after I got N8XX I'd often find that 
folks mistook me for W8XX and/or K8XX who were both active on 
Sweepsteaks, at least, during the late 70's and early 80's.  I haven't 
run across them recently...

But, when I'm running a 1X1 call, like I did with N8Q for the Michigan 
and Ohio QSO parties, I get questions about "the rest of my call" etc.  :)

72/73 de n8xx Hg

On 10/7/2010 2:12 PM, k3yd at aol.com wrote:
> Typical problem in contesting is that Station A thinks he has worked Station B, while Station B thinks he has not worked Station A.  It happens frequently with similar calls.  When KY3D and I both operated PAQP we had that problem too often.
>
> I recall one time, after just getting into the contest late Saturday afternoon, I was told that I was a "Dupe" on my SECOND attempted QSO.  The other station kept arguing that I had given him #243 ERI an hour before, and he would not work me as I tried to give him #2 NHA.  (Obviously he had logged KY3D as K3YD.)
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> My practice, like some others in this group, is to log them all and let the computer handle the scoring.  With computer logging, the duplicate will clearly stand out as a 0-point QSO.
>
> 73,  Blair