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Anonymous on 2003-05-28
Obviously the Type-A personalities are drawn to contesting and they bring their 'A-ness' with them. I'm one of those guys but I still have fun.

Anonymous on 2003-05-26
What is the objective of the contest? Is is accuracy? Is is expediency? Does it say in the rules that everything from operating to logging ends at the bell? If so then I say submit your logs before the contest is actually over otherwise you're cheating. If not, then have fun and do what you have to do to get your logs in on time. Who wrote the book on the spirit of contesting? Does that say you must put your "pencils" down at the bell?
Me thinks people are taking this way too far and making it less fun for those of us who enjoy an occasional contest. If you're entire life is contesting...well...I don't want to play with you. IT'S ONLY A CONTEST!!!!

Anonymous on 2003-05-25
The contest is NEVER over.

Anonymous on 2003-05-23
I thought checking over a log was normal. I cpmpare my written notes with my computer. Other than that I'm ready to move on. After 48 hours in a contest, I wouldn't even want to listen to a recording of it. I'd be more worried about people operating on freq's their not licensed for and I always wonder how many unassisted ops do a quick check of spots to see who's where or maybe find a spot for a needed mult. I try ro improve my score, so if I cheated, I would be cheating myself.

ZF2NT on 2003-05-18
During the November-April contest season I find I'm doing a contest practically every weekend. That means I have absolutely zero interest in spending more time fiddling with logs during the week. I do just what N4ZR mentioned: after the contest is over, I go through my note file and fix up all the stuff I noted wrong as the contest was going on. Then I quickly ship the mother out and start planning for the next weekend's contest! Yes, every LCR I get back shows some obvious typos I probably would have caught by a careful screening of the log, but so what? I'd rather spend my time improving skill by doing more contests than by searching thousands of lines of log looking for typos.

Anonymous on 2003-05-17
Before there were computers, it was common to rewrite the log before submitting it. Proofread your log, correct the mistakes, and submit it when you have it right. The contacts you make during the contest are those you make, the log editing can continue afterward. You can also use time before the contest to prepare your station or yourself for the contest just as you can use time after the contest to prepare the log.

Anonymous on 2003-05-10
The contest should end when it finishes, everything should be made during the contests period and not later, as it happens in real life.
Practically speaking, a contest is over when no time to do anything with it is left, in other words when logs are mailed.
This is the only possible "plain field".

Anonymous on 2003-05-10
Excuses... excuses... excuses...
Everybody knows that logs are well massaged, screened, corrected, adjusted...
Everything is done well over the contest limit, practically until the last second od the submission deadline.
Do we like it?
All considered the answer is probably NO.
Do we stop doing it?
The answer is definitely NO because not to do equals a scoring sucide.

N5NJ on 2003-05-08
I don't have any problem with someone reviewing their log and correcting typo errors. I do not think that recording the contest, and making sure you copied it right by listening to it again should be permitted. I also think that you should not consult with anyone else about something in your log.

We've all heard things on the club repeater like: "Dave, what was the callsign of that 5Z4 we all worked just before the end of the contest? I couldn't copy it and need to correct my log". This sbould not be allowed.

If you can correct something that is wrong, by yourself, with no outside assistance from others, or from a recording, then I see nothing wrong with that.

G1GYC on 2003-05-04
I see nothing wrong with correcting some thing in your logging that you put down wrong so long as it is still within
the sprit of the contest.
I would say that even to the extent of confirming the contact with the other operator it is acceptable to ensure that
you do not submit a log with errors (that will cost you points and give the adudicator hassel to sort out)
Of course how far do you go ?
What ever manipulation of the log is done post contest it must be with in the rules and with in the sprit of the contest,
YOU ONLY CHEAT YOUR SELF by cheating and telling lies !!

73 Martin

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