On Jun 30, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Hal Kennedy wrote:
> As the committee looking at optimizing the club's circle location goes
> about their work - one thing has come to light which we should all
> address now as individuals; which is reporting scores on behalf of the
> club when we are eligible to do so, and not claiming the club when we
> are ineligible.
>
> Unfortunately, there are no good systems in place (yet) at nearly
> any of
> the clubs, including ours, nor at the ARRL or at CQ to identify scores
> that are inadvertently submitted on behalf of the club when they
> should
> not be.
The ARRL rules are clear that a roster must be submitted indicating
the eligible members from each club. We've done this for many years
for the ARRL contests.
I can't speak for CQ contests, but it's pretty clear that ARRL has
enough information to judge the submissions correctly, regardless of
who submits for the club.
If the submitted club affiliation is all that is necessary, then it
might be possible for a rival club or disgruntled member to sully a
clubs entry by submitting an ineligible log ! That's why the rosters
are needed.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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