Logs should be public. There are no secrets. Everything I know (knew?) about radio contesting I either learned on the air or I asked someone else. Those guys who are perennial top operators answered
But those people CHOSE to answer your questions, they were not FORCED to do it. Mandating public Open Logs is forcing me to do so, without any choice whatsoever on my part. I don't have a problem bei
Here we go again!... Nothing is forced upon you. Just don't enter those contests. Go play golf or do something that doesn't irritate you. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN -- Original Message -- From: "Ron Nota
Mandating public Open Logs is forcing me to do so, without any choice Actually not. I gently suggest that if you don't want your log made public, then don't submit it. You are not forced to submit. Y
One of the nice things about public logs is that it provides a learning opportunity, particularly for new contesters. You can look and see who was being worked when you had a NIL with the particular
Hi Hank, I have been castigated in the past by one contest sponsor (in private, fortunately), for stating that because I did something that was not allowed by the rules, I chose not to submit my log.
Well I don't agree that there are no secrets left, I have one. Probably won't help the top ten stations too much, but it could. The year I used my "secret" strategy, no one else was doing the same th
I look at it like this: Once submitted, my logs become the property of the contest sponsor. They may do with them as they please. If they make the logs public, so be it. The moment I disagree with th