[CQ-Contest] penalty!

[DougKR2Q at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/10/00 5:11:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kl7y at alaska.net 
writes:

<< K6LA said that after reviewing tapes, he thought the log checking
 program did about 95% accuracy. That is certainly good enough to detect
 cheaters, which is the main purpose of log checking >>

HOGWASH!  The main purpose of log checking is to score the logs so that the 
final score is a true representation of the entrant's contest effort.  It 
also ensuress that each competitor knows that their score has been fairly and 
equitably reached AND SO HAS THEIR COMPETITION'S SCORE.

Discovery of "cheaters" is (on rare occasion) a by-product of the scoring 
methodology.  True cheaters are indeed rare.  If "detecting cheaters" was the 
main purpose of log checking, I would have stopped this activity long ago.   
As far as I know, most real cheaters (and I'm hedging my bet, but I really 
feel that ALL is the correct term) are discovered by methods other than the 
calculation of their score reduction.  Many cheaters would have only a small 
score reduction...they are cheating in other ways....and...THERE ARE NOT MANY 
OF THEM.

de Doug KR2Q


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