> So folks, if someone calls you and you think it is a dupe, just work 'em again.
Sound advice for sure. I do the log checking for most, if not all, of the 160 meter contests and I can tell you that there is no harm in working a duplicate station. And seldom are the rates on 160 meters are high enough for it to have any impact on your score. Log all of the QSOs you make - even if they are dupes. The log checking will figure it out from there. And again - I am frustrated that during difficult conditions, stations won't send my callsign when I am CQing. Conditions this weekend were horrible. I had someone in Florida call me - which I thought was impossible - and decided not to work them when they did not respond to "who are you working?" - as I thought for sure they were answering a European I couldn't hear. I even did the same thing when someone called in from Texas - that band was that bad. 73 Tree N6TR On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM Jon Zaimes, AA1K via Topband < [email protected]> wrote: > Sometime during the second night of this weekend's CQ 160 meter CW > contest, I answered a W station that was calling CQ. They came back with > "dupe" though they were not in my log. I said "no" and sent a report. > They came back with "already worked" and didn't send me a report. > I repeated "not in log" and sent a report. They came back with a time that > I was apparently in their log. But they were not in my log. > Since it was a slow period I persisted and they finally sent me a report. > But this fellow wasted far more of both of our time than if he had just > worked me when I called. There is no penalty for working a dupe -- the log > checkers just ignore duplicates. > Had I not persisted, however, this W station would have been penalized > since his alleged QSO was not in my log. > So folks, if someone calls you and you think it is a dupe, just work 'em > again. They may have actually been working someone else, or flubbed entry > on the keyboard of your callsign. Just log it a second time if you think it > is a dupe. > > > 73/Jon > > Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K > Tower climber for hire > Felton, Delaware > http://www.aa1k.us/ > > > Reviews of AA1K tower work on eham website: > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/12922 > > Hug your favorite tower every day, and always stay connected to it. > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
