Well, Hans, I find your post to be one of the most disturbing I've seen
here in years.
Public logs do indeed allow and encourage the ham community at large to
at least partially police itself ... something that over my 50 years of
ham radio I was always led to understand was a major tenant of our
hobby. I completely believe that peer pressure to conform to
established rules is a good thing, and given my generally low opinion of
human nature and the even lower level of FCC enforcement, it might be
the only thing that keeps ham radio from being total chaos.
What you seem to advocate is more of the despicable "look the other way
and let somebody else do it" attitude that disgusts me every time I see,
hear, or read ... in every aspect of society ... about some offender who
never got caught because everybody around him/her didn't want to get
involved, incriminate an acquaintance, or even acknowledge the
offense. I'm tired of hearing hams claim first hand knowledge of guys
they know who cheat (particularly with high power or undeclared ops) and
yet refuse to identify them.
In my opinion, you're trying to perpetuate a mentality that has at times
threatened to drive me out of ham radio altogether. As I see it, your
attitude is as much a problem as are the cheaters themselves.
Dave AB7E
On 1/6/2017 8:37 PM, kzerohb@gmail.com wrote:
Doug, this is possibly the most disturbing message that I have ever seen on
this reflector.
Essentially you, wearing your “Director of CQWW” hat, have gone out to the worldwide
fraternity of Amateur Radio sportsmen and said…..
“Hey, guys, here are the logs of everybody who played in this Amateur Radio contest. Would
you please be a good citizen and have a look to see if you can find some cheaters among your fellow
hams in there. We look forward to your result, Comrades. Here’s a special mailbox.”
I really wanted to help MWA in the club competition, so I sent in a small log. Probably too
small to worry you about, but have a look anyhow. Because it’s the last one
I’ll submit.
73, de Hans, KØHB
"Just a boy and his radio"™
From: kr2q@optimum.net
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:09 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW 2016 SSB logs now public
Please see http://cqww.com/publiclogs/2016ph/
For the last two years, the contest community has used the public logs to assist the CQWW
Contest Committee in finding possible “issues” with some of the logs. We look
forward to your feedback again this year.
You may send your findings and concerns to: questions@cqww.com
Please base your findings and concerns on an actual log review and not simply
on your suspicions.
Thank you!
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