On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 15:55, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am curious what problem you think these "zombie" QSOs would cause.
> Please explain if you would. Thnaks.
Known bad data should always be purged from any database.
If the ARRL is going to insist on digital certificates, "double-blind"
type uploads (you can't see if you have "QSLs waiting" - no trolling
for QSOs), and other things that provide integrity, then they should
provide a mechanism to ensure that all QSOs in the DB have correct
info.
It's unfortunately easy to upload QSOs with the wrong certificate.
There needs to be a mechanism to either 1) remove those QSO records,
or 2) to mark them as bad.
Of course, you'd have to have a process to deal with the inevitable
case of someone who matches a QSO with the wrong call (Base call vs
base call plus suffix, say) or, worse, matches it and submits it for
credit.
If the League is serious about the integrity of the system, then it
needs fixing; otherwise why bother with certificates and such?
It's 200M now, but if the title is to be believed, then they need to
fix the zombie issue: http://www.arrl.org/lotw/silver.pdf
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