So for the June contest we should have a common place
to send logs in addition to the ARRL. Whoever chooses
to receive and work with the logs can at least give us
a picture of the true contest activity. We need to
get the word out to as many VHF contesters as soon as
possible as to where to send a duplicate of their log.
Any Volunteers?
73s John NE0P
--- Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Jack Parker wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm just a little curious *why* the
> Newington folks seem to be
> > using submitted logs as a primary, maybe sole,
> criterion for assessing
> > VHF+ activity?
> >
> > Maybe they don't have time and/or inclination, but
> they have all logs in
> > their hands. It would be quite simple to look at
> these logs and
> > determine how many stations *participated* in a
> given contest,
> > regardless whether they submitted a log or not!
> Unfortunately this
> > assessment would have to be done by someone at the
> ARRL since all
> > submitted logs are regarded as "proprietary" and
> unavailable for
> > observation by unauthorized persons (aren't these
> logs tehnically public
> > documents under FCC rules?)! I'd bet that actual
> participation,
> > nationwide, would be something like many thousands
> of us rather than the
> > 500, or so, indicated by log submissions. I'd like
> to think that those
> > of us who work a few stations and don't submit a
> log still count as
> > "participants"!
> >
>
> After the results have been published, I see no
> reason why someone on one
> of these VHF internet groups couldn't gather up as
> many of the logs as he
> can and do an analysis. The log itself is your
> property. The ARRL can
> choose to not release the log copies they have, but
> if others are willing
> to send them to someone else, it could be done.
>
> We might not get ALL the logs that way, but there
> may be enough to garner
> what level of participation there was in the
> contest.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
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