Eric,
With all due respect... "Contest Cheating has escalated." ???
That may or may not be true, but without supporting evidence, it is merely
your opinion.
I for one would appreciate evidence to support that hypothesis.
To be honest, being told that "fear of being caught" is the ONLY reason
someone would not want their log made public does not sit well with me...
because implicit in that statement is the assertation that either I do
cheat, or I would consider cheating. As neither is the case... as I said,
it's an assertion that doesn't sit well.
For one: until it was repealled (announced only last weekend!) as
"unenforceable," the wording of the ARRL's stance on fully accessable
on-line logs could, in theory, mean that to have your log published could
jeopardize your DXCC status. Without delving into the details on that... I
think being concerned about other unforseen consequences is a valid reason
to hesitate before condoning wide open log access. [Frankly, that was my
main concern; now that the League has wisely updated their position, I'm
re-evaluating my stance, but that is not the point at hand]. I'm sure there
are others I haven't thought of off the top of my head.
To make a sweeping implication, that resistance to open logs implies
cheating or potential cheating, and only cheating or potential cheating, is
not a wise course of action.
But maybe I'm in the minority here. So what's your evidence that cheating
is on the increase?
73
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Eric Hilding
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:47 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Cc: nccc@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Cheaters, Logs & Self-Policing
(RE-Threaded from: [CQ-Contest] ARRL and Open Logs - Time for the next
step?)
There is one extremely bona fide reason for making contest logs available
for scrutiny.
Consider it kind of like a 'Neighborhood Watch Program' or 'Citizen's
Patrol' group effort.
Contest Cheating has escalated. Sponsors may have some sophisticated new
computer algorithms to try and nail offenders, but if all cards (logs) are
not laid on the table for maximum self-policing efforts by the multitudes,
the cesspool won't get cleaned up.
Fear of getting caught cheating in some way appears to be main reason for
keeping contest logs in a secret vault. There is no other *rational*
reason.
That's my final '2 cents' on the matter.
*** End of Comments ***
73.
Rick, K6VVA
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