Although I have never chased awards, I too am shocked at how easy it has become
for those so inclined to cheat the system, but not only the system ,but
themselves as well. Ofcourse not everyone will cheat but perhaps what we should
be discussing is how to detect those who do cheat. Perhaps a DIY written
document on how to to do this and what to look out for. This would be of
tremendous help for the new comers to the hobby and also us old fogeys who have
been around for a long time.Technology is a blessing and also a curse. Perhaps
one way to try and get back some control is force all websdr's to enforce a
full amateur call sign to its subscribers and then to make the dbases available
for scrutinity sothat the logs can be compared to say the DXCC mechanisms. This
is just a thought and worth chewing over or other methods used.
Talking of which, has anyone noticed that the imfamous amaeteur in Spain has
been absent on the bands incl topband.
73John - M0ELS
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