[CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report

[Russell Hill]

Mike-- it is easy to understand your reluctance to publicise the calls of 
the DQed ops.

But how about a statement to the effect that:
One Op has been banned for life because he did <abc>.
Another Op did <efg> and has also been banned for life.

Publicising the banned activity might be more useful than naming names.

My .02 worth and thanks.

Rusty, NA5TR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Coslo" <mjc5 at psu.edu>
To: "CQ-Contest" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report


>
> On Dec 6, 2008, at 6:43 AM, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately nobody else gets to learn from those silent events.
>> If no one
>> learns, someone else is bound to try to repeat that method of
>> cheating.  By
>> exposing them publicly not only do others learn that those methods
>> are not
>> allowed, but it also allows peer pressure to be applied in cases
>> that may
>> not rate a dq.  This has helped stop some who either didn't know
>> what the
>> rules were, or had misinterpreted them without official action...
>> hopefully
>> making them better contesters in the future.
>>
>
>
>
>
> So much depends on temperament I guess. I'm not going to publicize
> everyone I DQ.
>
> My own "laws" are simple. If I determine that honest mistakes
> happened, I instruct in private.  If I determine that cheating took
> place, the Op no longer submits a log in my event ever, no appeals.
> One strike and you are out. But they are going to hear that from me in
> private also.
>
> If I make it a big public event, scarlet lettering the Op, I had darn
> well better be 100 percent sure that there was active and intentional
> cheating going on. Defamation of character anyone? Before I do public
> outing, I will need multi million dollar liability insurance. Other
> organizations that I have headed had those policies on me in order me
> to perform the job.
>
> If people want to play vigilante, then they can have at it. But let us
> not kid ourselves that it is better than a simple "you're out of here"
> delivered in private. There are a fair number of people in this world
> who find this active sort of punishment a challenge.
>
> -73 de Mike N3LI -
>
>
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