All,
The recent posts by K1ZM, K3NA, K8MR and PY5EG highlight what has been
missing from this discussion...a call to action.
It appears that the first step in any attempt to discredit the culture
of cheating in amateur radio contesting and hopefully identify and
control those who intentionally violate the rules, would be for contest
sponsors to make all submitted logs available for public scrutiny
shortly after the submission deadline. Those wanting to investigate can
do so as they please and reach the conclusions as they may.
To that end, a proposed call to action.
Contest clubs worldwide write to the two largest contest sponsors,
the ARRL and CQ Magazine, along with each and every member of the
ARRL's Contest Advisory Committee and the CQWW Committee requesting
that all logs submitted for their respective contests be made
publicly available within a specified period of time (30 days?)
after the log submission deadline.
Some additional thoughts/suggestions:
It is essential that this letter writing campaign be a worldwide
effort. As those intentionally violating the rules come from every
corner of the globe, support for efforts to stop them must, too, come
from all corners.
The letters and email must be clear, concise and to the point. Don't
belabor the point, and don't forget the requested call to action.
Encourage any and all concerned contesters, big guns or little pistols,
members of your or any other contesting club --or not -- to join this
letter writing campaign. While email is easy, physical letters have a
unique and very significant impact on the recipient.
My fervent hope is that that this action by the worldwide amateur radio
contesting community will finally stop the blind, wild and otherwise
unsubstantiated accusations, and the vitriolic, personal attacks that,
sadly, appear on this email reflector and in similar fora each each and
every year.
73,
Eric Rosenberg, W3DQ
Washington, DC
The following names and addresses come from the websites cited. If they
are incorrect, please inform the owner of the respective websites.
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from http://www.arrl.org/contests/cac.html
The ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, as of December 11th 2007
Atlantic Division : Mike Gilmer, N2MG
4600 State Rt 26, Vernon, NY 13476-3706
n2mg@contesting.com
Central Division: Greg W. Clark, K9IG
1432 B Dakota Ridge Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46217
greg@k9ig.com
Dakota Division: Al Dewey, K0AD
14800 38th Pl, N, Plymouth, MN 55446 3341
aldewey@aol.com
Delta Division: Ted Bryant, W4NZ
9217 Carbar Circle, Chattanooga, TN 37421-5306
w4nz@comcast.net
Great Lakes Division: Dave Pruett, K8CC
2727 Harris Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
k8cc@comcast.net
Hudson Division: Dr George Wilner, K2ONP
336 Bulson Road, Troy, NY 12180
k2onp@aol.com
Midwest Division: Jim Cochran, K0RH
3600 W 77 N, Valley Center, KS 67147-9045
k0rh@arrl.net
New England Division: Dick Green, WC1M
190 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755-6602
wc1m@msn.com
Northwestern Division: H. Ward Silver, N0AX, Chairman
P.O. Box 927, Vashon, WA 98070
n0ax@arrl.net
Pacific Division: Mike Gibson, KH6ND
Box 31193, Honolulu, HI 96820
kh6nd@hawaii.rr.com
Roanoke Division: Don Daso, K4ZA
189 Timber Creek Drive, Stanley, NC 28164
k4za@juno.com
Rocky Mountain Division: Robert Neece, K0KR
1505 Sunset Boulevard, Boulder, CO 80304-4231
rneece@bwsm.com
Southeastern Division: Charles Wooten, NF4A
POB 4183, Panama City, FL 32401
nf4a@knology.net
Southwestern Division: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
4225 Farmdale Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604
bhorn@hornucopia.com
West Gulf Division: Joe Staples, W5ASP
10031 Meadow Lake, Houston, TX 77042
w5asp@earthlink.net
RAC: David Shipman, VE7CFD
1013 Sinclair Street, West Vancouver, BC V7V 3W1 CANADA
davidshipman@shaw.ca
Board Liaison: Bruce Frahm, K0BJ
1553 County Road T, Colby, KS 67701
k0bj@arrl.org
Staff Liaison: Sean Kutzko, KX9X
Contest Branch Manager
225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111
Email: kx9x@arrl.org
Administrative Liaison: Sharon Taratula
225 Main Street, Newington CT 06111
staratula@arrl.org
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(from http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/contact.html )
CQ Communications, Inc.
25 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville, New York 11801 USA
Dick Ross, K2MGA, Publisher (Please mark title line "Attn K2MGA"):
k2mga@cq-amateur-radio.com
Richard S. Moseson, W2VU, Editor: w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com
John Dorr, K1AR, Contributing Editor, Contesting: k1ar@cq-amateur-radio.com
Bob Cox, K3EST, World Wide DX Contest Director :
k3est@cq-amateur-radio.com
John Lindholm, W1XX VHF Contest Director: w1xx@cq-amateur-radio.com
Steve Merchant, K6AW, WPX Contest Director: k6aw@cq-amateur-radio.com
Glenn Vinson, W6OTC, RTTY Contest Director: w6otc@cq-amateur-radio.com
David Thompson, K4JRB, 160 Meter Contest Director:
k4jrb@cq-amateur-radio.com
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(from http://www.cqww.com/members.html )
CQWW Committee Members:
John Dorr, K1AR: k1ar@contesting.com
Doug Grant, K1DG: k1dg@contesting.com
Gene Walsh, N2AA: eugenewalsh@msn.com
John Golomb, N2NC: n2nc@optonline.net
Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q: dougzzz@gmail.com
Ed Moody, N3ED: emoody@EPIX.NET
Fred Laun, K3ZO: aalaun@IBM.NET
Dave Pascoe, KM3T: km3t@cqww.com
Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ: ezimmerm@EROLS.COM
Trey Garlough, N5KO: trey@KKN.NET
Bob Naumann, W5OV: w5ov@w5ov.com
Richard Norton, N6AA: n6aa@arrl.net
Glenn Rattmann, K6NA: rattmann@CTS.COM
Larry Tyree, N6TR/7: n6tr@contesting.com
Larry Weaver, N6TW: n6tw@n6tw.org
Steve Bolia, N8BJQ: sbolia@woh.rr.com
Patrick Barkey, N9RV: pbarkey@GW.BSU.EDU
John Brosnahan, W0UN: broz@csn.com
DX Advisors:
Jose Carlos Cardoso Nunes, CT1BOH: ct1boh@gmail.com
Bernhard Buettner, DL6RAI: ben@dl6rai.muc.de
Sergio Manrique Almeida, EA3DU: ea3du@cqww.com
Jacques Saget, F6BEE: f6bee@free.fr
Roger Western, G3SXW: g3sxw@btinternet.com
Tony Waltham, G4UAV/HS0: tonyw@inet.co.th
Paolo Cortese, I2UIY: i2uiy@contesting.com
Tack Kumagai, JE1CKA: je1cka@cqww.com
Martti Laine, OH2BH: martti.laine@nmp.nokia.com
Jorma Saloranta, OH2KI: jorma@salor.pp.fi
Ville Hiilesmaa, OH2MM: oh2mm@nettilinja.fi
Atilano de Oms Sobrinho, PY5EG: py5eg@inepar.com.br
Tine Brajnik, S50A: Tine.Brajnik@guest.arnes.si
Willy Umanets, UA9BA: uradio@chel.surnet.ru
John Sluymer, VE3EJ: jsluymer@mountaincable.net
Gary Caldwell, VA7RR: va7rr@telus.net
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