[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Packet Use Statement

[Sylvan Katz]

Could someone please explain precisely how the CQ WW software for detecting
packet use works?

tnx
... Sylvan

Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK
http://www.dynamicforesight.com/~ve5zx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:21 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Packet Use Statement


> From page 102, August 2003 CQ Magazine:
>
> "Over the last several years the CQ WW Contest Committee has
> developed software that allows the detection of packet use.  Thanks
> to the cooperation of all the major packet services, we  were able to
> create a massive file of all packet call-outs during the CQ WW SSB
> test.  This year we checked all 4100 SSB logs against this packet
> file.  The results are very heartening.  Only 12 logs were reclassified.
> Since the CQ WW is the first contest to analyze logs in this manner,
> we have had to develop some ways to deal with packet misuse. The
> first step is a letter of inquiry asking the entrant if he used packet and
> forgot to indicate the proper category in the summary information.
> This usually solves the problem, being that most misclassifications are
> human errors of omission.  After a second year of not claiming the use
> of packet, a warning letter is sent.  Thereafter, the entrant's log will
> become a checklog.  First and second violations lead to proper
> classification as Assisted.  Third violations cause the logs to become
> checklogs.  It is easy to avoid any problems: Claim the category you
> actually entered.  It is that simple."
>
> Once again, KUDOS to the CQ WW Committee for taking a
> stand on this!
>
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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