If you want to complain about something, be direct enough to give examples
and name names. Otherwise, it is easy to misunderstand the point of your
email.
Randy K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Smith VE9AA
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 8:53 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] No apology needed!
>
> If you (or anyone) was referring to my post about category shopping and
> 3830, true, nobody is required to post to 3830 - I agree. I use it,. I
> love it. I wish everyone would use it. I enjoy the post-contest stories
> almost as much as the contest itself.; but I digress.
>
>
>
> You've misinterpreted my post however.
>
>
>
> What I said (or meant to say anyways) is that a select few top contenders
> USE 3830 as a tool to view what others have done, THEN choose a category
> for themselves based on others performances.
>
> I also said these folks usually upload their logs to the contesting body
> like ARRL, CQ, WAE etc at the very last moment. <<<all very
> "legal".immoral?
> In my mind, yes.
>
>
>
> If you are paying close attention (and there's no need for 98% of you to
> do
> that) you'll see every once in a blue moon, one of these so called top
> dogs gets a "too bad, late log, reclassed as checklog", which I can only
> presume to mean they tried to snipe their log at the last possible moment
> by watching others upload their logs and 3830 reports and missed the
> deadline by mere seconds or milliseconds.
>
>
>
> My point in all this is nobody should get to choose their category DAYS
> or weeks after a contest is run.
>
>
>
> Also, nobody should be able to choose LP when they were HP all weekend,
> yet got trounced in HP, so they choose LP 'cuz their score looks better
> there.
>
>
>
> It happens. (a very little bit) . This might be what Helmut was referring
> to.
>
>
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>
>
> White elephant.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
>
> "I think Helmut owes Art an apology."
>
>
>
> No, I did not take it personally. (I doubt that anybody cares if I hold
>
> back my little log.)
>
>
>
> I don't know what Helmut had in mind, but I see some discussion here
> about
>
> category-hopping to enhance place-of-finish or WRTC standing. If the
>
> arguments are about something like that, then the arguers and I differ on
>
> the importance and significance of contesting.
>
>
>
> As I posted on Nov. 23, 1999:
>
>
>
> "There may be few things more fun than ham radio, but for sure there are
> a
>
> lot of things more important."
>
>
>
> Getting ready for SS CW. I'll be QRV about 2345Z Saturday evening.
>
>
>
> 73, Art K3KU
>
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>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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