[CQ-Contest] cheating with packet

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

This is what the "scholars" say about that...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/04/news/edbadsport.php

It appears to come back to the "level playing field" issue...

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN



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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:29:34 -0800
From: Jim Smith <jimsmith at shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cheating with packet
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
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Hi Mal,

I'm not sure your idea would work but it would sure change the content 
of our annual gripe session on this topic.

Let's see now, contest xx gives the assisted guys a 25% boost to their 
score to get them to admit they used packet.  I don't like to use packet 
but I sure wouldn't mind a better score.  I know, I won't use packet but 
I'll say I did.

Now all the assisted guys will start griping about the unassisted 
cheaters, it being well known that these cheaters can make better scores 
than the assisted guys and so don't deserve a 25% boost.  "C'mon, let's 
make this a level playing field!!"  Too funny.

73, Jim  VE7FO

N7MAL wrote: Make
> an incentive not to cheat. Instead of the annual brow-beating of this 
> subject make it attractive for guys to admit they are using packet. I don't 
> know what the incentive would be but it would at least have to be equal to 
> the points the cheaters think they gain by using packet.