[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> A mistake made by a former ARRL employee. I look forward to 
> it being corrected by a current ARRL employee.

If that is a mistake, it needs to be removed from the ARRL web 
site and the rule needs to be changed.  Until it is changed, 
NO CONTEST SPONSOR has any right to make public the log of any 
entrant - particularly since there is no need to do so if the 
contest sponsor is doing their job.  

The decision for a contest committee to make logs public is a 
simple admission that they are either not competent or too lazy 
to do their job and they are leaving it to someone else. 
   
Of course contest software authors could make a difference by 
disabling the spotting functions unless the entry class is 
"assisted" and refuse to generate an entry if the class is 
changed to "unassisted" after the contest starts. 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:11 PM
> To: 'CQ-Contest Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Public Logs
> 
> 
> Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> > Ward, 
> > 
> > DXCC rules prohibit publishing complete logs. In the end, the 
> > publishing of complete logs could result in disallowance of 
> > DXCC credit for "contest DXpedition" QSOs and ultimately the 
> > disqualification from DXCC for anyone who regularly participates 
> > in contests which make logs public.   
> > 
> > see: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog?ofst=25
> > and: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog?ofst=30 
> 
> A mistake made by a former ARRL employee. I look forward to 
> it being corrected by a current ARRL employee.
> 
> > Any contest sponsor who makes complete logs public should be 
> > censured by the entire amateur community.  
> 
> 2006 CQWW logs are already public. And no DXCC credit has yet 
> been removed, nor 
> is it likely it will be removed.
> 
> Get over it, Joe.
> 
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>