[CQ-Contest] Kudos to CQ WW for Busting Packet Cheaters!

[Ward Silver]

> >But, if you USE the information you see in the spots, won't it affect 
> >your log in some way that may be measurable?
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> The cheats will figure out a way.  For instance, if they're on 40
> and see a juicy spot on 20, they'll move to 20, work a few
> stations first and then pounce on it.  Vary the timing a bit,
> like sometimes getting it immediately and other times waiting a
> few minutes.  And occasionally, just to throw 'em off, skip the
> obvious spot entirely.  Do it cleverly enough and the log checker
> would have a difficult time proving anything.  
> 
> Bill, W7TI

Do it cleverly enough to avoid detection and the advantage conferred by
the proscribed behavior, by definition, vanishes :-)

Said in less turgid prose, if nobody can tell the difference between the
cheater's log and a legit log of a similarly equipped station, then the
cheater hasn't gained an unfair advantage.  All the effort that went into
cheating balances a legitimate effort.

73, Ward N0AX


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