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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL says no to opening logs...

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL says no to opening logs...
From: Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:53:18 -0500 (CDT)
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I'd recommend removing the date and time, or the band/mode, if possible.  
If the "sent report" is a "59" or "599" it won't do any good to remove it.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Timo Klimoff wrote:

> Sorry guys,
> all your (our) contest logs which are fully published in the internet are 
> now no-go for DXCC... well, at least it means less QSL-work.
> Or maybe removing sent report is enough?
> 
> * ADDITION TO THE DXCC ACCREDITATION CRITERIA (August 11th, 2006). ARRL
>    Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, informs: For a number
>    of years, it has been accepted practice to post DXpedition QSO
> informa-
>    tion on a DXpedition Web site. Although this information is generally
>    limited to callsign, band and mode, it has been useful in reducing
> the
>    number of duplicate contacts in the DXpedition log. Publishing
> complete
>    QSO information, or information from which full QSO information can
> be
>    derived, on the other hand, threatens the integrity of the QSLing
>    process, and is unacceptable. There must be some information that the
>    station claiming the QSO provides based solely on actually being
> there
>    when the QSO was made. If complete QSO information can be derived
> from
>    information based on the DXpedition log, the QSL manager's job can be
>    much more difficult if busted calls are involved. To help minimize
>    potential difficulties, therefore, the following restriction has been
>    approved by the Programs and Services Committee, and added to the
> DXCC
>    Accreditation Criteria, Section III.
> 
> 73, Timo OH1NOA
> 
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