I totally agreement with Steve. Additionally it's very difficult to police
then to prove. As a contest manager, we recently allowed it for the SCQP
and more contacts will be the result. Dave WN4AFP
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On CW, we already have the equivalent of self spotting, thanks to CW
> Skimmer and the RBN. It's virtually impossible to NOT be spotted. CW
> Skimmer/RBN is the great equalizer - you no longer have to depend on a
> network of friends to spot you.
>
> We wouldn't be having this discussion if there was a SSB Skimmer. Right
> now, we have a system where "those with the right friends" have an
> advantage. Why not simply allow self spotting on SSB ?
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 02/22/2017 12:22 PM, Bob Henderson wrote:
>
>> Having myself met with unfair and unjustified treatment at the hands of
>> RDXC adjudicators I can empathise with those claiming unfair treatment in
>> adjudication. However in this case having looked at the information
>> supplied and done a little further digging, I am unsure my empathy is
>> justified.
>>
>> 3V8SS it seems acknowledges cheer-leading by his fellow Tunisians KG5OUE
>> and F4HJD but claims not to have encouraged it. I am inclined to believe
>> him, given some of my own friends have spotted me during contests and I
>> have NEVER, that is NOT EVER, asked anyone to do so.
>>
>> That said, HB9EOU appears to be rather more than a random contact with
>> Switzerland. Last year HB9EOU operated in the IOTA contest from 3V8SM on
>> Djerba Island AF-083 along with F4HJD. Ash (3V8SS) + F4HJD + 3V8CB had
>> activated 3V8SM from Djerba Island a couple of months earlier.
>>
>> The recording of the contact with HB9EOU seems odd, though the events not
>> entirely inexplicable but small circles in which the same calls crop up
>> repetitively raise questions. Perhaps it's all an extraordinary
>> coincidence but there is enough doubt for me to wonder whether my empathy
>> might have been misplaced.
>>
>> Bob, 5B4AGN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:48:33 -0600
>> From: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
>> To: "'Ashraf Chaabane'" <ash.kf5eyy@gmail.com>, "'cq-contest'"
>> <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] R: Re: R: 3V8SS disqualified from WW SSB and
>> WRTC
>> Message-ID: <E976655BE7DB448B8806659C02036C2C@DOUG8PC>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> After reading your post and based on your response to the committee, I
>> would
>> conclude that Bob, W5OV; Doug, KR2Q; Scott, W4PA are nitpickers with an
>> agenda.
>> If anything valid is further introduced to support the committee's
>> decision,
>> then I would revise my opinion. As it stands, I believe you were unfairly
>> DQd.
>> Doug
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Ashraf Chaabane
>> Sent: February-22-17 7:34 AM
>> To: cq-contest
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] R: Re: R: 3V8SS disqualified from WW SSB and
>> WRTC
>>
>> Mike, Ria and all,
>>
>> I put online the CC accusations (their native emails) and my responses:
>>
>> http://www.kf5eyy.info/3V8SS_WWSSB16_DQ.htm
>>
>> I think that allows everyone to read from both sides. Now it's up to you
>> to
>> comment!
>>
>> 73
>> --
>> Ash ~ 3V8SS/KF5EYY
>> http://www.kf5eyy.info/
>> Phone/SMS: (+216) 22670026
>> Skype: kf5eyy
>> _______________________________________________
>> CQ-Contest mailing list
>> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>>
>> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
--
Dave Edmonds
PK Ministry Webs
864.288.6678
dave@pkministrywebs.com
www.pkministrywebs.com
"Webs from the Heart"
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|