[CQ-Contest] Re: Four things to look for in CQ WW ?

[Jan.E.Holm at telia.se]

> 
> Saturday 20th October 2001
> 
> Hello all
Comments to your points:

1. Not 100% true. A good SOSB op will be able to snag mults
   coming up pritty quick, sometimes faster then cluster
   spots.

2. Not true. I can hold my "run" frequency and still work
   mults on the same band, I just have to be quiet on run
   frequency a few secs now and then. Being a not so rare
   SM I will not have big rate runs and that will give me
   time to scan the band "almost" at the same time as I 
   run stations. Also if I´m a good op I know when to look
   for different stations in different areas etc etc.

3. Not true either. A good SOSB station can indeed have 
   "just about" as good multiplier total as "most" M/M´s.
   Where do you draw the line? When does my mult count 
   get excessive? These are very shady ground.

4. Also incorrect. As a active ham (dxer/contester) I 
   certainly will not make simple misstakes like that.

Bottom line: If you want to nail people for cheeting that
is just fine and certainly should be done but these criterias
stipulated by GM3WOJ doesn´t hold water at all. If someone
is to be DQ´ed it has to be on very good grounds and not
on "shady" areas like these.  

73 Jim SM2EKM 

> 
> With the CQ WW contests imminent, the CQ WW Committee
> have stated that they intend to find and penalise those stations who 
> use the DXCluster, but enter as Unassisted.  This process is
> difficult, and open to a lot of discussion and debate. 
> Unfortunately,
> several high-profile European SOSB stations seem to have slipped 
> through the net, and their callsigns appear again in last year's 
> results.
> There are 4 characteristics which might help identify these stations
> this year -
> 
> During the contest -
> 1.   they will appear on the frequency of a DXspot within a few
> minutes of the spot appearing - the time delay may depend on
> the type of spot - a big Multi-Multi may be called after a few
> minutes, whereas a rare SOAB, M/S or casual operator mult.
> may be called very quickly.
> 2.   they will be able to hold their run frequency for long periods
> - even all day in some cases - obviously this requires a good
> station and antennas, but they will spending a lot less time
> searching/finding/identifying/calling/working mults. than other
> stations.
> 
> After the contest -
> 3.  their score will have a mult. total (mainly country mults.) 
> which
> is 'out of proportion' to the number of QSOs made i.e.
> excessively high - possibly higher than big Multi-Multi stations
> (who will have been using the DXCluster and passing mults.
> between bands)
> 4.  their UBN analysis will show a 'normal' UBN percentage,
> but a higher than average 'points lost' percentage - for example
> BB9BB      -2.00      -8.10
> CC9CC     -2.00      -8.30
> DD9DD     -2.00    -10.20
> EE9EE      -2.00      -8.40
> Station DD9DD has been 'pecking' mults. from the DXCluster,
> but has worked one or more multipliers where the spotted
> callsign was wrong.
> 
> For each of the above factors there are other possible
> explanations, but any station who has 2 or more of the above
> is suspect.
> 
> Why are we so interested in this ? - well, as things stand here
> in Europe, you are wasting your time if you enter SOSB on
> some of the bands.
> 
> Some food for thought....
> 
> 73
> Chris     GM3WOJ/GZ7V
> www.gm7v.com
> 
> 
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