What can be inferred from all this discussion is that the contest sponsor
dictates what kind of "log-massaging" can be done in the time between the "end"
of the contest and the posting deadline by the length of time it allows. If
someone with no life wants to spend that time listing to tape recordings, etc.,
so be it.
Amateur radio contesting is supposed to be fun. It is also an activity which
requires a great deal of TRUST amongst the participants. A sponsor can write
the rules any way it pleases with the caveat that many rules in such a setting
are NOT enforceable without on-site judges ---- on-site from the start of the
contest until the logs are submitted. Do ya'll really think that will ever
happen for all the contests??
Let's enjoy the contests as they are. WRTC and similarly staged contests in a
"controlled" setting are the ones which will tell the tale.
73, Gator N5RZ
Jim White, K4OJ wrote:
> Dale, I am really upset to see you think that striving for accuracy is
> unrealistic and that we should be allowed to massage our logs after the
> contest. You think my view of post contest log massaging is unrealistic
> and that it will scare away newcomers....I submit then that since you feel
> that encouraging newcomers to do a lousy job and then just clean it up
> before you send it in and all is well and that we are instead encouraging
> mediocrity....this is CONTESTING! This is a competitive event....this is
> not armchair operating!!!!!!!
>
> I do not think I am alone in these views....
>
> ......why did the WRTC feel that it was only a 15 minute (I think) window
> after the end of the contest that was necessary to fine tune for typos, etc
> and then the logs were turned in, period!
>
> Probably because they were interested in the contesters contesting
> abilities, not their cooking skills with a callbook or database.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim, K4OJ
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