[CQ-Contest] Top Ten scores & 3830 postings?

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Did I just read that correctly?  We should penalize people 5% of their score per week, not if they're late, but if they're not early enough?  

That, and the strong implication that if someone doesn't post to 3830... a voluntary and informal web site, mind you... it implies that they're up to no good?

Sad.  Very sad.  Heaven forbid some poor contester might just be an ornery son of an SWL, and my simply not want to bother with 3830, or bother to break his or her neck to get their log in to the contest sponsor significantly ahead of time.  

What's the rush?

73, ron w3wn
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From: Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
Date: 2008/08/30 Sat PM 03:04:10 EDT
To: n2ic at arrl.net, 'CQ Contest' <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Top Ten scores & 3830 postings?

Steve,

I have noticed the same thing.  I always enter my score into 3830, even if I
don't enter my score in the contest. Contests are fun for me regardless of
my final place in the standings. Sometimes I change my entry from low power
to high power in the contest or decide to check the cluster. I still enter
my score in 3830 in the closest type of classification that is available. 

I suppose that if I assumed that everyone was a cheater, then I might be
leery about letting folks know my score. They might use that information to
modify their logs. I guess that I am just not of that mind set. When the
contest is over, I immediately upload the contest into my logging program,
send the file to LOTW and send the info to 3830. I may or may not send the
entry in to the contest sponsor, if I do it goes in within the day. I have
already had all the fun.

Maybe we should remove 5% of the score from logs for each week past the
contest until deadline! ;-)
 

Bill W5VX


-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:37 AM
To: CQ Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Top Ten scores & 3830 postings?

DL8MBS wrote:

> I wouldn´t go so far to raise bad thoughts against someone not posting 
> to an unofficial body like 3830 - as interesting it is.
> A claimed scores list at the sponsor´s site after deadline, open logs 
> and the percentage of subtracted points in the final scores list can 
> help for enough disinfection - and this by the really relevant body of 
> each contest - its sponsor.

In the past, the CQWW site has posted only received logs and their category,
not 
claimed scores. The claimed scores posted by the ARRL are taken from the 
CLAIMED-SCORE line of the Cabrillo file. That may be accurate, or not. At 
WRTC-2006, I found it interesting that the log adjudicators were able to
create 
a "real" claimed score for each competitor within minutes of the end of the 
contest using the submitted QSO's in the Cabrillo log.

73,
Steve, N2IC