[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/26/2008 3:13:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mjc5 at psu.edu writes:

Being in the middle of log checking, I cannot at all believe that a  
casually interested person could get past one or two logs without  
finding something more interesting to do, like trim their fingernails,  
or to watch the grass grow in the yard. The only reason a person would  
want this sort of access is if they had an agenda. My agenda is I have  
to check them to come up with final scores. What is  yours?

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Several things:

1. Inspect  the log of top entries that seem way out of the realm of other  
competitors.  As good as log checking and analysis by the contest sponsors  
might be, other inquiring minds may find other means of analysis.  The  prime 
example is work done by ES5TV and VE5ZX analyzing differences between  Single Op 
and Single Op assisted entries. A result of this was the DQ of the top  
claimed single op score in the 2006 CQWW CW contest.

2.  See how  competitors, or those with whom we aspire to some day be 
competitors, are doing  what they do.  Rates, number of second radio qsos, how much 
S&P  operation they do, what time they change bands in the morning or evening,  
etc.

3.  Look at the logs of people with whom we busted qsos.   Did they just not 
log us, did they log someone else with a similar callsign, did  they just blow 
our call beyond recognition?

4.  Look at a sample  of logs by relatively casual entrants to see whom they 
are working  from my own area, on what bands or what times.

5.  Get an idea of  operating strategy for a location where we are going, 
from where we have never  operated before.
 
 
In short, mostly an agenda of self improvement, plus checking out the  
occasional, rare, person suspected of cheating.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
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