[CCF] FW: [CQ-Contest] HG1S in CQ WPX CW 2000

Poyhonen, Mikko (FI36) mikko.poyhonen@honeywell.com
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 01:51:11 -0700


No niin..vihdoin alkaa joku jo hermostua...eipä taida HG1S:n riveistä kukaan
vastata..

73,

Mikko, OH4XX

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	rw1ac 
> Sent:	Monday, June 05, 2000 6:16 AM
> To:	CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Subject:	[CQ-Contest] HG1S in CQ WPX CW 2000
> 
> 
> 
> We are in a very bad mood after the CQ WPX CW Contest. It's not because
> RU1A showed not high score, quite the opposite - we think we did pretty
> well, being able to make 3904 QSOs and 923 mult with a total of 7,8 M
>  points  testing our new antennas and some of new equipment.
> But we would like to point your attention to a non-stop and continuos
> cheating of HG1S which (as far as we could see) was in M/S caregory in
> this
> Contest. As you know in the WPX contests, only one transmitter is
> allowed during a 10 minute period in the multi single class.  No muliplier
> hunting or running on a second band is allowed.
>  Another operator can check propagation on another band or may try
>  to work station on the the same band when "run" station is
> listening (if equipment and antennas permit, of course).
> 
> So this is a short story about some of the tricks of "great" and
> "legendary" HG1S.
> 
> 04:50 utc (Saturday). While checking propagation on 15 m, we hear HG1S
> running JAs  with a good Q-rate. They just gave #680 to somebody. OK, we
> diecide to change the "run" band from 20m to 15m,
>  but still have to stay for a couple of minutes on 20 meters
>   make few QSOs  S&P before moving to 15,  and guess what?
>  First station we found was... yes, HG1S, running on  20 meters!
>  We quckly call them and they give us # 721 (!!!). Our # to them
> was 581.  It was at 04:55 utc.
>  Two minutes  later we call them on 15 meters (04:57utc)  and
>  they give us #697!!! Our # is 585.
>  We tried to ask them what's going on, but the operator
> pretends he doesn't understand us...
> 
> Cool, it's 21st century, century of new technologies and Internet, but
>  these  guys look like being in 70th or 80th....
>  
> some comments from cluster:
> 27 May dj7aa-7 (0504Z) : hg1s same procedure as every year dont warry
> 27 May rk3qwa (0501Z) : HG1S 2 sigs 21/14 MHz 25QSO/3 min !!!   
> 
> Well, carry on. At the end of the Contest we hear HG1S again on 40 meters.
> They mostly call CQ (at 20:45 utc), nobody answers them, they make 1 QSO
> in
> 2-3 minutes. Well, why waste your time when there's great propagation to
> the US on 20 meters? Interesting...
> Well, we continue to listen to them... At 20:48 UTC they give number 3843
> and suddenly stop calling and the freq seems to be free for about a
> minute... Then HG1S suddenly appears on the same frequency again and
> starts
> to call CQ TEST. LO-O-O-NG CQ TEST. :-)
> At 20:50 they make a contact a give  a  number... 3860!!! Just about 1
> minute later after thier # 3843!
> Well, at this time it made us pissed off and we call them. He, of course, 
> gives us "RU1A QSO B4".
> We ask them WHERE are UR  17 QSOs ? BREAK RULES  etc...
> HG1S disappears from this freq, but later on we heard them again working
> in
> the same manner...
> We decided not to work HG1S anymore, no calls, no replies,if situation
> wouldn't 
>  change. The other  decisions are up to CQ WPX Contest Committee.
> 
> A few months ago in ContestRU reflector I doubted in HG1S' SOAB HA1TJ CQWW
>  result. Same story, folks. That time I  said -  more than 11 Meg points
> in
> CQ WW CW
>  by Single operator are impossible from HA (EU). Today they are cheating
> again.
> 
> 
> Vlad, RW1AC   on behalf of RU1A contest team
> EU Wildcard team #2 UT4UZ/RW1AC
> RUDXC LOG checker 
> 
> 
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