[CQ-Contest] Re: SS-CW Tricks et al.

[AE9B KCWEB]

Ed,

All good points but the final one bears some comment
"I agree with many who have stated that we shouldn't do anything to alienate
the casual contester.  What we should do is insist that if an organization
is going to run a contest they need to be ready to enforce their own rules."

OR WHAT? We have similar situation in all of life...
if they are not willing to enforce the rules what are you going to do about
it?
Are you going to get even 10% of ARRL members to give up their membership
over it? NO WAY
Are you going to get 10-15% of CQ subscribers to give up their magazine? NO
WAY
Are you going to get any of the sponsors to pull their advertisement over
this? NO WAY.

I'm not saying any of this makes it OK the cheat. But THIS ^ Is reality.

Best 73
Tom
AE9B

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: SS-CW Tricks et al.


I have heard this go on now for days.  In my opinion, some people should be
less interested in what others are doing to "cheat" from their perspective
and more interested in improving themselves and their station to win.

I personally like the LP, HP, QRP, M/2, etc categories and I think assisted
is worthy of a different category just like High Power or M/S.  To me the
real, real, real problem has nothing to do with any of that.

SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST PLAIN CHEATING, WE KNOW WHO SOME OF THEM ARE, AND
NOTHING SEEMS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.

I think it is high time that the contest community, and the contest clubs,
around the world tell the contest sponsors to do something about it or hand
it over to someone who is willing.  I don't know how many of you have tried
to "out" someone to the contest sponsers, but I have.  And from what I can
see, nothing, absolutely nothing, has been done to an individual contester.

I have received emails from some on "contest committees" that have suggested
things are being done "behind the scenes".  In my opinion, whatever they are
talking about, isn't good enough and it should be exposed to the contest
community at large, exactly what has been done.  We won't cease these
endless dialogs until we do.

I agree with many who have stated that we shouldn't do anything to alienate
the casual contester.  What we should do is insist that if an organization
is going to run a contest they need to be ready to enforce their own rules.

Ed  N1UR


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