K0CKB and I love the hectic clamor and excitement of a good contest, and
we're delighted that in our favorite contest (ARRL Nov SS) the logs are
still kept private.
We'll still participate in the hectic clamor of other contests, like CQWW,
but keeping our logs private is still an option even there. We'll just not
send them in.
73, de Hans, K0HB/W7
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From: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:32 PM
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW CW & 6Y1V Logs
>> In my opinion, in a hobby where the stakes are so low, there is no
>> monetary reward and most of us do this just for fun, the idea of forcing
>> people to open their personal logs for worldwide inspection is not only
>> ludicrous but it is downright shameful.
>
> In my opinion, SINCE the stakes are so low, and there is no monetary
> reward,
> and since sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt
> me,
> and since the contest committee's rulings are final, why NOT publish logs
> to
> the world? Its not like any contacts you made were secret, anybody with a
> radio could hear you make them... and anyone with a skimmer or a time
> machine recorder could capture a whole bunch of them. Opening logs
> provides
> not only more scrutiny of suspect cheaters, but provides a huge pool of
> data
> for studying propagation, improving contest strategies, and probably lots
> of
> other things that will keep data miners busy for years... I say let them
> analyze all they want, I'll spend my time working on antennas and getting
> ready for next year then read the executive summary.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>
>
>
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