[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[K0HB]

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From: "Barry Merrill" <barry at mxg.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 12:02 PM
To: "'K0HB'" <K0HB at ARRL.ORG>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Public Logs

> By not submitting your log, you prevent complete adjucation.
> If you submit, and I logged you as K0SB, I loose points properly.
> If you don't submit, I get points I don't deserve.
>
> 73
>
> Barry, EI/W5GN
>

Barry, you are absolutely right.  The higher the incidence of log 
submissions, even thin logs like mine, the more complete a picture the 
sponsor has of the participation and the more accurately he can score the 
logs, catch busted calls, inaccurate exchanges, NIL's, rule violations, and 
all the other detail that the sponsor needs for fairly and accurately 
managing the contest.

So I whole-heartedly agree that every participant, even non-competitors, 
should submit their log for the legitimate needs of the contest sponsor.

I do not agree, however, that my logs ought to be publicly released for 
non-sponsor use such as QSO-mining, building of crutch-databases for use by 
other contesters, or strategy/tactic evaluation by other contesters.  Those 
are NOT legitimate needs of the contest sponsor.

73, de Hans, K0HB