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Accuracy is one of the most important aspects of contesting today.
The operator skill in copying callsigns will have a profund impact
in the final score. The level of log cross checking is higher than
ever (around 60%). My advice is - if you are not absolutly sure
about a callsign, don't log it, ask for a confirmation - if this is not
your practice, the probability of being cross checked as a not in
log and the probability of being marked as a bad callsign is very
high.
For each not in log or bad callsigns, contact point
and multiplier credit is denied. In addition, a point penalty of 3
times the claimed contact point value is computed, i.e. you loose
the QSO plus the equivalent in points of 3 more QSO's.
The CQWW generates a UBN (uniques, bad and not in
log) report to every entrant in the contest.
Click here
for a guide to CQWW DX-Contest UBN and NIL reports.
In 2003 I won the SOAB category and broke the SA
record and the all time CW SOAB QSO record. The result of log
checking by the Contest Committee was the following:
| Band |
QSOs |
Cross Checked |
Bad Callsigns |
Not in Log Callsigns |
Multipliers Lost |
| 160 |
344 |
219 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 80 |
715 |
503 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
| 40 |
1713 |
989 |
22 |
8 |
1 |
| 20 |
1437 |
851 |
11 |
7 |
0 |
| 15 |
1819 |
1078 |
19 |
6 |
0 |
| 10 |
1910 |
1077 |
17 |
9 |
0 |
| Total |
7938 |
4717 |
76 |
34 |
4 |
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59,4% |
1,0% |
0,4% |
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