[CQ-Contest] More Cheating

[Steve London]

The article was about DXing, not contesting.

Please, let's not start a discussion about cheating by DXers on this
contesting reflector. There are many more appropriate forums for this.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Doug Renwick <ve5ra at sasktel.net> wrote:

> Is cheating more common than anyone wishes to admit?  Is it time to take
> a reality check and acknowledge that cheating is a big problem instead
> of down playing (head in sand) the possibility?
>
> Quote from QST May, 2008, How's DX:
>
> "The other, more serious finding was that some hams used remote stations
> on the West Coast to get a contact on 160 and 80 meters under a European
> call sign.  Since we did not establish a pilot station in W6, it is
> close to impossible to verify good contacts from the bad ones."
>
> "What would you do?  Either you just work all without hesitation or you
> start to police the bands with a dozen friends around the globe.  We
> hereby encourage constructive debate on the issue.  The credibility of
> DXCC and IOTA hunting is at risk."
>
> IMO it is a world wide down ward slide of morality which has infected
> DXing and contesting.
>
> Doug
>
> The water jump is long and the barrier may be high,
> you might break every bone, but it's so much fun to fly!
>
>
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