[CQ-Contest] More Cheating

Jim Rhodes k0xu at longlines.com
Tue Apr 22 22:24:14 EDT 2008


Actually I find it hard to understand that no one has mentioned that 
this is not cheating, this is illegal operation.

At 12:39 PM 4/21/2008, Doug Renwick 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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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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