Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> Gerry,
>
>> This debate will effect ARRL, not CQ. I'm going to lobby
>> ARRL CAC to make logs public, but simply obfuscate the exact
>> callsigns from the Cabrillo file (a very simple task). In
>> this way, they can, in no way, be used for QSL manipulation,
>> but, lots of other interesting data can be mined.
>
> The Cabrillo header will also need to be removed.
>
> By the way, this would be a perfect solution for CQ as well ...
> convert all calls to random 9 digit sequence. Each log
> could be assigned the 9 digit ID and any time that call
> appeared in any log it would be replaced. By obfuscating the
> calls, any log made public would no longer be individually
> identifiable which would solve most of the privacy concerns.
uh...it wouldn't take much to figure out the random ID number
for a callsign.
1) re-compute the claimed score, compare against the 3830 posting.
2) compare QSOs with your own log.
73,
-KR- K6TD
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