On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 05:26:26PM -0500, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> A recent post said, in part:
>
> < snip > Since IMO cheating is quite widespread < snip >
>
> Who is cheating?
> When?
> How often?
> Exactly how are they cheating?
> And if "they" are cheating, why haven't they been exposed?
>
> Let's deal in facts and figures, not innuendo, smears, denials, and other
> fear factors.
I think there is _plenty_ of evidence that some contesters are choosing to
cheat, and that these cheaters are being exposed:
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-12/msg00101.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-10/msg00278.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-07/msg00202.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-03/msg00101.html
etc., etc.
And let's not forget that even in the most recent WRTC, a competition with
intense scrutiny, there were "anomalies" in some logs that required an
unusual adjudication to result in a fair determination of the finish
order of that elite competition:
http://www.wrtc2006.com/release59.html
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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