[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <w4tv at subich.com>
To: <n2ic at arrl.net>; "'CQ-Contest Reflector'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Public Logs


>
>> 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.
>
Sure they do.  You agree by the terms of the contest rules.  The contest 
rules say that they may open the logs to public inspection.  In any event, a 
QSO on the amateur spectrum is an inherently public activity.  If you don't 
like it, don't get into the contest.

> 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.
>
Two words: self policing.

73 Rich NN3W