Hi Rich:
I do not agree that forcing everyone who wants to compete onto the internet
("nail in the coffin for the single operator categories") is the right answer -
I think we should retain single-operator categories.
Clearly, the assisted and multi-operator categories will continue to move more
and more on to the internet (self-spotting, social media, etc.). There should
continue to be single operator categories for the luddites like me who want the
option to play on the radio - and these categories should prohibit
self-spotting.
There may be cheating that cannot be detected, similar to the situation with
power cheating and remote receivers, but that is not a sufficient reason to
eliminate categories. Otherwise, we end up with a single category: "anything
goes".
73,
Mark, KD4D
> On April 17, 2017 at 6:55 AM Rich Assarabowski <konecc@snet.net> wrote:
>
>
> This just appeared on CQ WW
> http://cqww.com/blog/cqww-2016-ssb-self-spotting-and-entrant-audio-recording
> s/ . I know the intimate details of two situations from the last CQWW
> where genuine friends, unrelated to the contest effort and with NO
> communication with the contest operation were trying to help out and spot
> their buddies, resulting in DQ letters to the contest operation. The
> explanation below by KR2Q clarifies the definition of self-spotting.
>
> To me the logic of self-spotting as defined by KR2Q is completely flawed.
> It basically says that it's OK to spot a friend but not too fast, not too
> often, and never when you hear his rate dropping. The assumption made
> that frequent and fast spotting "indicate linkage to the mother station" is
> absurd. These rules now open up the opportunity that if you don't like
> someone, just spot him a few times (and no one else) and they will
> automatically get DQ'ed.
>
>
>
> It's finally time for a rules change - allow self-spotting. One way is to
> have logging software send out automatic spots of yourself based on a
> commonly agreed upon algorithm, e.g. every X minutes, every new QSY, etc.
> The issue here is what to do about single-ops who are not connected to the
> internet and those in locations without internet service. This could be
> the "nail in the coffin" for the single-op category with no Internet
> connection and penalizes those operations who do not have Internet service.
> Incidentally, the T48K operation got DQ'ed for self-spotting and they did
> NOT have Internet service in Cuba. Ask K1XX, K1EP and K1MM about that one
> ;)
>
>
>
> --- Rich K1CC
>
>
>
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