[CQ-Contest] Busted calls, SCP and technology

[Kelly Taylor]

Hi.

Interesting reading about the complaints over penalties for busted calls. 
Hmmm, given these rules have (essentially) always existed, is it the 
rules people are complaining about, or the fact that we now have a way to 
catch the violations?

SCP -- I'm on the fence on this one. What do you think? If the SCP 
database is compiled from the operator's own past contests, it seems to 
me to be but an extension of check partial. If it's OK to do check 
partial based on previous QSOs in the same contest, is it really a 
violation to do check partial based on QSOs in previous contests? Are 
both SCP and CP a bad idea? And to what extent, given the error reports 
we're seeing, has SCP CREATED more errors than it has averted? (Work 'em 
wrong the first time and...)

As for technology, I think we can draw some parallels to other sporting 
events. Basketball, for instance. If Nike comes out with a lighter, 
grippier court shoe, do we ban Allen Iverson from wearing it? No.

If Allen Iverson showed up with a robot to play for him, would that be 
allowed? Not in your dreams. But someone MIGHT start a different 
competition for such a creation. That would be welcome.

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