UBN reports are a teaching document, very valuable to the operator who they
evaluate ("I gotta be more careful copying 'H' and 'S', or 'B' and '6'.),
but useless to anyone else.
If you read my UBN, all you learn is that Hans needs to practice his Morse.
Meanwhile, each operator faces the embarrassment of his mistakes exposed to
public view. Now I'm an old geezer working through my 8th decade with a
thick skin and I can take it (if I chose to), but how about the new guy,
with undeveloped skills, tentatively deciding whether to be a contester?
He's thinking "They're gonna publish my mistakes in a public UBN? Really?
All my buddies will see how I screwed up? Tell me again about all the fun
of contesting!"
Making the UBN report a public document is a drastically ill-conceived idea.
73, Hans, K0HB
-----Original Message-----
From: w5ov@w5ov.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 6:47 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] KR2Q - RX1CQ
Why shouldn't they be public document?
Seriously!
73,
Bob W5OV
> Everyone here knows my opinion about open logs (I'm opposed).
>
> Now you want to see my UBN too?
>
> UBN is a private tool provided by the contest sponsor which enumerates
> where
> I screwed up in his contest. It's a good tool which allows me to learn
> from
> my mistakes.
>
> Why should a list of my f*%*ups be a public document?
>
> Seriously?
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
>
>
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