You either abide by the contest rules, or not.
You choose to make a recording, or not.
Let’s just suppose the contest adjudicators spot anomalies in a log.
To say you didn’t make an audio recording because you didn’t expect a
top 5 place is a lame excuse quite frankly.
It’s been discussed many times previously how technically simple it is
to record a contest. Why would any serious single op entrant choose not
to record their received audio? I use Audacity and a jack lead – it’s
kids’ stuff.
The poster gives the impression it was an entry for fun, not expecting a
top 5 place whereas the poster also said it was a wasted weekend working
over 750 stations.
750 plus stations phone un-assisted QRP sounds like a pretty serious
effort to me, far from a casual entry so why would you not make an audio
recording? It seems a no brainer, especially if you are likely to set a
new record for your country.
Interestingly the 3830 post-contest write up suggested a considerable
effort was made to get this station ready for the contest. Decide for
yourself...
Let’s clear this up, just because the 5^th placed score got asked for a
recording does not automatically mean the 4^th 3^rd 2^nd and 1^st place
also get asked to provide a recording – unless of course there are
discrepancies with their logs.
The organizers do look at ways at increasing participation; the rules
around audio recordings are not designed to be a hurdle to stop casual
entrants, this is misleading.
These rules are designed to clean up contest cheating and to suggest
otherwise is fallacious.
73 Dez, G3WW
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