[CQ-Contest] Public Logs: Why?

[K0HB]

>
> Before CQWW, Dave, AB7E, announced on the reflector that he had developed 
> a
> tool for analyzing logs and calculating the hour & frequency that zones 
> were
> worked in the analyzed logs. From comparing my results in CQWW CW as VY2TT
> with other logs published on 3830 and in CQ Magazine, I know that I need 
> to
> improve my zone multiplier total. I know there are certain easy mults I 
> have
> missed. I used Dave's tool to analyze last year's CQWW CW logs of K5ZD,
> VY2ZM, K1TTT and one or two other New England multi-ops. Then I looked to
> see when the most stations in zones 1, 25, 26, 27, etc. were worked on 
> each
> band. I incorporated that information into my band plan. I definitely 
> picked
> up a few band zones as a result of that information.
>


Paraphrased:  "Rather than figure it out for myself, I hijacked the work 
product of other contesters to improve my score."

73, de Hans, K0HB