[WIQPmail] Log question

[NE9U - Scott Jasper]

I was looking through your spot archive and saw something kinda funny....
When I was ne9u/for, it looks like some guy in England thought I was on Clipperton Island!  ;-)

Scott ne9u/for forest county not Clipperton Island



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> On Mar 15, 2016, at 10:22 PM, Tom Macon <tmacon at wi.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Rob -
>  
> There's an old contesting adage that you log what you hear, and you can't go wrong with that.
>  
> But in your logger, you can save a little typing if you log just the base callsign in the callsign field and the county/state into the exchange field. After the first Q with a particular station, the logger's Dupe indication should go away as soon as you enter a different county, so this shouldn't be a problem.  FWIW, our log check software automatically removes appended info if it matches the exchange info. This makes dupe checking more reliable.
>  
> On-the-air protocol is a different matter. Mobiles/portables/rovers usually append their current county to their callsign. This is a clue that the next time you hear him, his county will probably be different and you can work him again.  Also, out-of-state fixed stations calling CQ often append their state to avoid calls from other out-of-staters.
>  
> The protocol stuff is more important on CW but something equivalent is usually used on phone. Of course there are variations among different ops.
>  
> I hope this helps and thanks for coming to Wisconsin!
>  
>  - Tom, K9BTQ
>    WIQP team
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rolf Krogstad
> To: Robert Lunsford ; Wisconsin QSO Party Reflector
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [WIQPmail] Log question
> 
> My two cents worth.....I signed NR0T/county.
> My reasoning was that this would create a unique callsign in the other ham's database.  Otherwise they would get a DUPE notification from their logging software.
> Most software packages either allow DUPES or give the option of Rejecting or Allowing Dupes.
> It is also obvious to the people answering my CQ that I have changed county without having to wait for me to make an exchange.
> 
> Rolf  NR0T
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Robert Lunsford via WIQP-Mail <wiqp-mail at warac.org> wrote:
>> My first time doing WIQP so need to ask.  Some stations who were mobile signed with their call / county and other just their call and a couple did it differently in different counties.  What is the appropriate way to log these so as to not confuse your robot?
>> 
>> Rob KB8UEY
>> 1/3 of K1CCN
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