[CQ-Contest] Random acts of kindness, Unassisted Categories, Rules, etc.

Kelly Taylor ve4xt at mts.net
Fri Dec 8 09:45:02 EST 2006


Hi Mike,

Read the rule: it says logs received after the deadline MAY be classified as 
a checklog. It does not say WILL be classified as a checklog.

The League is obviously giving itself some discretion in the matter.

73, kelly
ve4xt

>>
>> A log received after the dealine is a check log by their own rules!
>> Accepting the log is completely unacceptable.  Getting the
>> log in on time is as much as part of the rules as getting the
>> exchange correctly.  Consistant enforcement of all rules
>> needs to happen.
>>
>> Why should that person be given any extra time.  It makes me
>> wonder what he is doing with his log that he can't get it in on time.
>>
>> I think the log deadlines should be much shorter than they
>> are.  90 percent of the logs (guess) are electronic.
>>
>> A week is plenty of time to get your log submitted
>> electronically or in the mail and postmarked prior to the
>> entry deadline.
>>
>> Mike W0MU
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
>> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 12:23 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Random acts of kindness, Unassisted
>> Categories, Rules, etc.
>>
>> Okay, we have beaten this horse to death, now, for another
>> ethical/rules question.
>>
>> What would you say about a perennial top-10 finisher in
>> Sweepstakes who year-after-year submits his log after the
>> published deadline ?  He/she is always a few days late, yet
>> his submission is always accepted.
>>
>> Is the log submission deadline just another 55 MPH speed
>> limit ?  When should a submitted log be rejected, assuming
>> there are no extenuating circumstances ?
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
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