[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[w1md at cfl.rr.com]

Well...

CW Skimmer will effectively nullify that 'concern'...for CW contests anyway. If you are in the carib and can hear other carib stations...setup CW Skimmer and you can monitor the competition (whether running or SP'ing) as well as hear those juicy 30min window long path openings...and possibly some other 'opening's that no one catches normally. Skimmer could be used this way pretty much anywhere...states, EU, AF, etc.. so maybe Skimmer IS the big equalizer... :) for CW anyway...

FYI...I'm a PJ2T op...hope you HAVE learned something from the logs...that's part of what makes competition better...

W1MD

I know JD...DIL... :)

---- David Kopacz <david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com> wrote: 
> 
> "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
> 
> 
> 
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