[CQ-Contest] Fw: Re: 15 minute log deadline

[Kelly Taylor]

> On the question of post-contest log massaging.... seeing how I got jumped 
> on
> for suggesting that logging programs have a feature that allows the log to
> be quickly or automatically sent to the sponsors after a contest, how 
> about
> this one? How about if the logging software automatically stops at the end
> of the contest and encrypts the log file, locks it from further editing 
> and
> can only be opened by the contest sponsors?
>
> Again, this is just a thought for discussion... not a directive for
> immediate implementation.
>

Hi Paul,

You're right about mulligans. I'm sure there are a few shots Phil Mickelson 
wants to put back in his bag...

I go back to my earlier thought: notes, whether Post-It notes you've 
scribbled and placed by your rig or CTRL-N notes in your software, are 
perfectly ethical ways of making post-contest changes to a log, as is fixing 
errors that are obviously only typographical in nature.

I also do not see that the unethical variety of post-contest changes (OK, 
QRZ.com, what section is K6XYZ in?) is running rampant to the point of 
justifying this.

73, kelly
ve4xt