Since this happens in every single contest I propose the following rule change
in every contest: Allow the use of packet in all classes.
There are hundreds, yes hundreds, of cheaters in every contest. After fighting
it for all these years I GIVE UP. All of the contest sponsors are well aware of
the cheating, it is rampant. The sad part is the overwhelming majority of the
cheaters are basically nice guys who for whatever reason cheat during contests.
The sponsors refuse to enforce any action against the cheaters because they
don't want to offend anyone, after all magazine revenue is more important than
integrity.
So lets stop all the nonsense and just allow the use of packet for everyone who
needs it to find contacts during a contest. We have beaten this horse to death
for many years now and the only possible solution is to just allow packet use
for everyone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://geocities.com/n7mal/
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve London
To: CQ Contest
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 18:25
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Log checking questions
Put yourself in the shoes of a contest log-checker.
(All calls, contests, and times in this example are completely ficticious.)
In checking the logs, you notice that a number of stations claim to have
worked XY8Z between 1700-1730Z. No other QSO's with XY8Z occurred at
other times during the contest. You have personal knowledge that XY8Z
was not active in the contest. On a whim, you go to the DX Summit and
enter XY8Z in the spot database search. You find a single spot for XY8Z
at 1658Z. You also notice that many of the logs claiming to have worked
XY8Z were submitted as single-operator, without assistance.
Were those logs entered in the wrong category, either accidently or
maliciously ? What would you do as contest log checker ?
73,
Steve, N2IC
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