[CQ-Contest] Writing Up the DQ'd Stations / Penalties for Being Disqualified

[Eric Rosenberg]

Two items to think about: 

- Buried at the end of the 2007 IARU results in the March QST is a short listing of the station that were disqualified with word the effect that their entries were incompatible with their entry category.  
  If the radio-sporting community is serious about controlling or eliminating cheating, wouldn't a more effective deterrent be to a) mention in the write-up -- where it will be seen and read -- the disqualified stations, and b) be explicit as to why they were disqualified?  "incompatible entries" is not explained and therefore has no meaning.

- Add a penalty to the disqualification, if one doesn't exist now. There is no incentive for the DQ'd station to *not* try again next year. Technology being what it is (as evidenced by the release of SKIMMER) today and where it's going, there is no reason to expect the DQ'd station will change his ways (note that one of the DQ'd stations was RW3QC, who's CQWW C4M operation last year was disqualified).
  A good penalty might be to sit it out -- NO participation at ANY level (operating SO, M/S, M/M, M/2) next year.  

Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC