[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

I do not deny that some contesters try to stretch the envelope, and that
some cheat.  This is nothing new... remind me to tell you sometime about the
first time I met a certain well known contester.

But "widespread" ???  Let's be a little more specific...
raw numbers?
percentages of logs entered?
one contest?
many contests?
club stations as a whole, or particular operators?

Let's define our terms rather than continue to throw around these
unspecified generalities.

And if these cheaters are being exposed -- as they should be! -- then how
does that correlate with a mandate to open all logs to public scrutiny?  I
still fail to see the logic in that argument.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth E. Harker [mailto:kenharker at kenharker.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 9:07 PM
To: Ron Notarius W3WN
Cc: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Public Logs


On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 05:26:26PM -0500, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> A recent post said, in part:
>
> < snip > Since IMO cheating is quite widespread < snip >
>
> Who is cheating?
> When?
> How often?
> Exactly how are they cheating?
> And if "they" are cheating, why haven't they been exposed?
>
> Let's deal in facts and figures, not innuendo, smears, denials, and other
> fear factors.

I think there is _plenty_ of evidence that some contesters are choosing to
cheat, and that these cheaters are being exposed:

http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-12/msg00101.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-10/msg00278.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-07/msg00202.html
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2008-03/msg00101.html
etc., etc.

And let's not forget that even in the most recent WRTC, a competition with
intense scrutiny, there were "anomalies" in some logs that required an
unusual adjudication to result in a fair determination of the finish
order of that elite competition:

http://www.wrtc2006.com/release59.html

--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/