Posted: 11/1/2014 9:43:29 AM EDT
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I have been contesting (never participating, just enjoying the contacts during contests) for almost a year (still a newb) and this just came up. Over this weekend, I know there is a Ukraine contest, the reply is RT and serial number. The days are getting shorter, and air cooler, and that means 10 meters is coming back on line. I venture into 10 meter and get a strong call for DX. The guy is in Ireland. I respond, and he gives me the obligatory 5x9 then a serial number. I give him a 59 (which he was) and then ask if he wants a seial number (as I do not know what contest he is doing, so I don't know what reply he wants-the number he gave me could have been his location in some archaic number systems of which there seems to hundreds used in different contests). All of this for this. I do not know of any Irish contest this weekend, so if I now respond to someone in the Ukraine, wouldn't I give him a serial number starting with the number of Ukraine contacts? If I get another unknown contester, then I would continue from the Irish guy, correct? I know it is not a big deal, but I want to play the game correct for these folks, they are working hard, and I would hate to have them miss points because I was stupid! Thanks in advance. ETA: So now I figure the guy in Ireland WAS working the Ukraine contest, because I just talked to a guy in England working that contest. I guess I shouldn't have answered him, as I guess they were both looking for folks IN Ukraine. |
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This site shows the major WW contests and has links to get info about contest exchange requirements: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/
I don't recommend using the same serial number for each QSO in a contest. If the contest scorers see the same serial used for the same callsign they may disallow the QSO to the contestants. It isn't that hard to keep track and use a different serial number each time. |
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Quoted: This site shows the major WW contests and has links to get info about contest exchange requirements: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ I don't recommend using the same serial number for each QSO in a contest. If the contest scorers see the same serial used for the same callsign they may disallow the QSO to the contestants. It isn't that hard to keep track and use a different serial number each time. I would not have thought that the Irish station was doing the Ukraine contest, until I heard the England station saying that is what he was doing. |