[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[David Kopacz]

"If you send in a log, and claim a score, is it rocket science that how
you 
got that score would be open to public scrutiny?
Maybe those who do not want there logs to be public should also encrypt 
their transmissions so that they are also private.
Do not claim a score, do not send a log. You  may not be able to keep
your 
transmissions heard world wide "private.". but your logs will be.
Move on."


I am sorry Albert, but I believe this to be a poor argument for open
logs. Just because my transmissions are not private is no excuse for my
strategy to be made public. You can certainly find me on a band and
listen to my run frequency until such time as I QSY. You can probably
find me again easily once I am spotted.

But if I start S&P, when I know there is an opening LP to the Pacific on
40 meters, you aren't going to find me and you're not going to know I am
aware of the 30 minute opening in the middle of the sunny Caribbean
afternoon, unless you see my logs. FYI, this is a fact. From 6Y, we get
a 30 minute Window in the afternoons with booming signals from VK/ZL.
The opening is very short. I only discovered it recently.

When you think about it, who would jeopardize their own score to listen
to my strategy on the air? No one! But a few might be interested in my
logs post contest to see how I am getting more multipliers than them.
Just glancing at a few other Caribbean stations logs saves me years of
time learning propagation from that part of the world.

Personally, I don't think the sponsor gains anything by opening up
everyone's logs, short of having more people help them quash the
paranoia that someone "might" be cheating.

David ~ KY1V