[PaQSO] rover, you're a dupe

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

You did just remind me of something.


Many, many, many moons ago, when I was still WN3VAW and still married to the first one, I operated a few years from the family dairy farm in Greene County.


One year, I'm about 15 or 20 QSO's into my first hour, I call an Ohio station who's calling CQ PA.  He informs me I'm a dupe.  Now I have the entire paper log right there in front of me, I'm still on the first sheet... my handwriting may be atrocious, but it's not THAT atrocious, so I tell him that's not possible.  But no, he insists, the computer says I'm a dupe, and that's THAT!


Well, we all know computers are NEVER wrong.  So I don't waste time arguing with him, I just keep moving up the band until I find a clear spot to squat on.


Not 10 minutes later, guess who's calling?  Seems that the OH station discovered a bug in his program that was flagging 'odd' 2x3 calls (and yes, I had an odd call, and yes, sometimes that suits me; there, I beat you to it) as dupes.  Turns out he needed Greene County after all and that I wasn't a dupe.


Of course, I had to reply "gee OM, didn't you just tell me I was a dupe and to go away?"  


(Yes, I finally did work him, but I did make him sweat a little bit first.  I know, not entirely nice of me... )


Which brings us to... the cardinal rule of DX'ing as it applies to dupes in contests:


WFWL:  When in doubt, Work First Worry Later!


73, ron W3WN





-----Original Message-----
From: bmanning <bmanning at zitomedia.net>
To: John Myers <tvguy07 at gmail.com>; PA QSO Reflector via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 16, 2017 3:15 pm
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] rover, you're a dupe

Years ago with paper logs dupes were a pain. But all the logging software will handle the dupes just fine. So I just log them and move on. I had my very first QSO and my 11th were with the same station! Just logged them and call CQ.de NJ3K.     W3VV Club call used.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone-------- Original message --------From: John Myers <tvguy07 at gmail.com> Date: 10/16/17  15:03  (GMT-05:00) To: PA QSO Reflector via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] rover, you're a dupe Peter,Please accept my AMEN for your comments.On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Pete K0BAK via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:>> From: N3WD <n3wd at n3wd.com>> To: paqso at mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 6:46 PM> Subject: [PaQSO] PAQP - Boy Am I Tired>> > Special thanks to my XYL for doing ALL the driving through 21 counties.>> I am jealous. My XYL has made it extremely clear has no interest, not now,> not after retirement. :-)>>> > I lost count of how many stations would not work me a second time even> know I was in different counties.>>> There is nothing that puts me into a near-rage quicker than hearing> "you're a dupe".> -- First, there's no penalty for dupes anyway, just record the darn> contact.> -- Second, yes, how can one have a big CQing signal in a QP without> understanding the basics of mobiles?> -- Third, it takes 4 times longer to go through the ridiculous dialog of> "are you in a new county?", "what county are you in now?", "oh OK, so> what's your number" .... sheesh, just record the contact in the usual way> so we can both get on with the contest!!!>> -- Pete K0BAK (/R)> ______________________________________________________________> PaQSO mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> Message delivered to tvguy07 at gmail.com>______________________________________________________________PaQSO mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqsoHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net______________________________________________________________PaQSO mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqsoHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to wn3vaw at verizon.net