The real point for me is ... if the contest rules specify that logs will
be made public, why allow anonymity for anyone who still can affect the
scores of others? That may be "no issue for the sponsor", but it is for
anyone who wants to understand how his score got reduced. I find the
suggestion that we all just suck it up and make more QSOs to be a bit
deflecting.
By the way, the CQWW official rules don't say anything about not making
checklogs public. Rule XI.4 simply states:
"By submitting a log to the CW WW Contest, the entrant agrees to have
the log open to the public."
Dave AB7E
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On 11/22/2011 9:28 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> Checklogs are extremely important and valuable. Every log received helps
> make the log checking better by enabling more cross checking.
>
> There are many people who want to help out with the log checking, but do not
> have an interest in submitting a log for listing in the magazine. Some of
> this is misunderstanding of the process and some is simply personal choice.
>
> There are people who object to the practice of making logs public. By
> agreeing to keep checklogs private, these people are willing to submit a log
> to help the log checking. Since a checklog is not a "real" entry, then
> there is no issue for the sponsor in keeping the log private.
>
> If I may make a small editorial comment on this thread... Stuff happens.
> No matter how good you are and how hard you try, the guy on the other end
> may have a bad day, hit Alt-W instead of enter, or just not log every QSO.
> Nothing you can do about that. In the end, this percentage of random errors
> goes across all logs and effects everyone more or less equally.
>
> If you want to take random error out of the equation, work enough people to
> have a big lead over your competition!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
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