Contest Error Rates a look at ours in ARRL SS over the past five years...

I went to the ARRL website and downloaded the error rates for our ARRL SS Phone contest logs submitted. The highest error rate we ever had was 8.5% in 2003
The lowest was in 2007 (last year) with 6.9%
But the effect of even a 6.9% error cost us 105 QSO's and we only needed another 108 Q's to be in first place
My point, while I know we will never have zero errors if we are working on higher rates of Q's
we must work to keep the errors down.
Accuracy counts !

Here are the stats.....

2007

SCORE SUMMARY

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    Raw QSOs = 1166

       Dupes = 27

 Busted QSOs = 79

Penalty QSOs = 26

Time Expired = 0

  Final QSOs = 1034   Band Breakdown (160-10):     0  390   76  542   26    0

  QSO Points = 2068

  Multiplier = 80

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 Final score = 165440

  Error rate =  6.9% (100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

We missed attaining 1^st place in Division and state by 108 QSO’s !

We lost a total of 105 Q’s to busted calls.

We fell to Third place in Division and second in our state.

2006

SCORE SUMMARY

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    Raw QSOs = 1177

       Dupes = 21

 Busted QSOs = 82

Penalty QSOs = 28

Time Expired = 0

  Final QSOs = 1046   Band Breakdown (160-10):     0   80  449  418   99    0

  QSO Points = 2092

  Multiplier = 79

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 Final score = 165268

  Error rate =  7.1% (100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

Even though we busted the sweep, we rcvd first place division this year.

First State and Division, Fourth place in our region (Southeast Region)

2005

SCORE SUMMARY

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    Raw QSOs = 1173

Time Expired = 0

       Dupes = 22

 Busted QSOs = 91

  Valid QSOs = 1060    0   98  415  344  176    0

Penalty QSOs = 27

  QSO Points = 2066

  Multiplier = 80

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 Final score = 165280

  Error rate =  7.9% (100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

Fifth place in our region, Second in Division and first place State

2004

SCORE SUMMARY

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    Raw QSOs = 1352

Time Expired = 0

       Dupes = 34

 Busted QSOs = 109

  Valid QSOs = 1209    0   10  387  513  278    0

Penalty QSOs = 21

  QSO Points = 2376

  Multiplier = 79

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 Final score = 187704

  Error rate =  8.3% (100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

Fifth place Division, second place state

2003

SCORE SUMMARY

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    Raw QSOs = 993

Time Expired = 0

       Dupes = 35

 Busted QSOs = 81

  Valid QSOs = 877    0  196   44  314  302    0

Penalty QSOs = 21

  QSO Points = 1712

  Multiplier = 78

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 Final score = 133536

  Error rate =  8.5% (100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

We managed 856 Q’s Made the sweep and first place in state, Second in Delta division

Bottom line is we always manage to have fun, and that shall continue
but lets be a bit more precise in our copy of the exchange.

73
steve
KG5VK