I haven't really followed the 160 meter DXCC card checking process
closely since I retired from ARRL elected volunteer service almost 10
years ago and after my good friend Dave NN1N departed I lost any real
inquiry opportunity other than a "regular" member would have ":-))" so I
have no clue what the current procedure is for a DXCC Field Checker to
validate 160 meter DXCC cards.
Regardless, as Jeff ZM urges, drop a note to the DXCC desk at HQ and
also maybe your ARRL Director (please don't bug a Director in another
Division, bug yours!). I would expect it to be investigated if enough
folks raise the issue.
73 Joel W5ZN
On 2018-11-17 08:08, Bill Tippett wrote:
"There have been no uploads for OK1YQ therefore it all has to be
cards. 73
Clive GM3POI"
Thanks Clive. I was under the mistaken impression that ARRL had closed
the previous loopholes in their paper card process but that is clearly
not
the case. This (paper cheating on 160 cards) has been going on since
at
least the late 1980s, so I thought the process would have been
corrected
by now. Something as simple as "IF 160 total is in the Top X,
crosscheck
with someone knowledgeable about 160" (even a past or current ARRL
President
would do...LOL). I don't know what the qualifications are for "160
certified"
log checkers but this may need to be reviewed.
I was also not intending to cast any aspersions about the integrity of
LOTW, but as we've seen in the news the past few years, ANYTHING
connected
to the Internet is subject to hacks. I'm sure ARRL will be
investigating
everything in their validation process. They are our last and best
hope
for maintaining the integrity of DXCC (notwithstanding remote country
cheating, which is another topic).
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S I know of at least 6 folks who have been disqualified for 160
cheating,
so yes, ARRL does care about this.
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