[PaQSO] Good Job everyone! ..... and one Comment

[Michael Coslo]

While it is very easy to just log and leave duplicates, it is less fun
for the adjudicator of the logs, and then the questions about "Why did
my score drop" just gets passed off until after the contest.

Once upon a time, putting too many dupes in your log could get a DQ,
or I think we at one time had a -200 points for each dupe.




On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 6:11 AM, John Bednar <k3ct at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> N1MM Logger will assign non-zero QSO points if the combination of the call
> and exchange are unique.
>
> John, K3CT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PaQSO [mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark
> Schreiner
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:52 PM
> To: Scott L.
> Cc: paqso
> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Good Job everyone! ..... and one Comment
>
> Scott, I agree, although I didn't hear many doing that, but then I was
> mostly running and not doing S&P.
>
> Several years ago I gave up explaining to others when and why they were a
> dupe to have them try to correct their logs.  As I generally operate as
> NK8Q, sometimes they put it in straight or sometimes as NK8Q/3 (which is
> partially my fault because I sign that on CW to clarify that I'm in PA or on
> voice I say "NK8Q in Pennsylvania" so that stations in VA and MD and so on
> don't think I'm in OH, MI or WV instead and pass over me).  This year
> operating as W3TDF/CLE I figure I had about 15 or more dupes.  I logged all
> of them without blinking an eye.  The logging program doesn't care and it
> conveniently assigns it as zero points, so I don't get a penalty. Plus, if
> the first contact is screwed up instead and the points were given on that
> one they would then apply to the second QSO instead, so it is a win-win.  I
> also just find it quicker to log the dupe and move on.  Anyway, I think the
> dupes are due to the various ways of logging the W3TDF stations.  N1MM
> Logger seemed to prefer W3TDF/xxx in the callsign field, while I heard that
> WB3W or N8FJP would take just the W3TDF and then allow the different
> counties to be entered in the exchange field.  Not sure what other programs
> did.
>
> I'm beat, hitting the rack ...
>
> Mark, NK8Q
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Scott L. <scolit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It was another great time working the PAQP this year and our K3IR
>> group missed out on was Juniata Co.
>>
>> My comment is how I was amazed how many people were saying "sorry,
>> you're a dupe, qrz". Why don't you work them again? If they are in
>> your log but you're not in theirs, how do you benefit? For less than
>> the amount of time it takes to say you're a dupe, you could just give
>> them a new exchange and log it.
>>
>> Looking forward to next year.
>>
>> 73 Scott / KN3A
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