[PaQSO] What's all the fuss about DUPES, anyway?

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

I agree.
 
At worst, if you tell someone that they're a dupe & they disagree with you, don't waste time arguing, log them and move on.  If for no other reason, it implies that one of the two of you made a typo of some sort during the logging process.  
 
But not always.
 
Many, many moons ago, under my prior call, I remember calling an 8 station, very early in the contest (within my first 15 minutes QRV) who insisted that I was a dupe.  Simply wasn't possible, but he insisted -- even berated me a bit on the air.  So I didn't argue with him any further & moved on.  Sometime later that afternoon, he caught up to me and apologized -- it seems that his logging program at the time wasn't set to show a "WN3" prefix as valid, so it flagged me as a dupe instead!  
 
Stuff happens.
 
73, ron w3wn

On 10/13/14, Hank Greeb wrote:

I usually don't comment in another state's party e-mail list.

BUT, logging dupes SHOULD BE DONE! 
 
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