[CQ-Contest] ARRL and Open Logs - Time for the next step?

[Dick-w0raa]

Hans,

I'm just curious and really don't want to get into this thread other than to 
ask a question.  I am not judging anybody's decision, but my question is: 
What is the big deal about keeping your contest logs secret and only for 
your eyes?  If you submit your logs to LotW they are public for those who 
are interested.  Like I said, I'm just curious.  If you were a cheater, I 
could understand it.  But anybody listening to the contest can hear the 
contact, so why all the furor over submitting a log?

Dick
W0RAA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0HB " <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net>
To: "F5VHJ" <f5vhj at orange.fr>; "CQ-Contest" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL and Open Logs - Time for the next step?


>
>> Hans,
>> If you do not like the rules and do not want to play by them ,  then it
> is
>> your choice to be an excluded from the game.
>> 73, Albert
>
> You're absolutely correct, Albert, as far as you've stated the situation.
>
> But of course there are more options than "if you don't like the rules,
> then just buzz off, creep".
>
> One of those other options is:  "I don't like the rules, and I'll attempt
> to persuade the sponsor(s) to change them."
>
> In that vein, I believe that participant logs ought to be a private
> transaction between the participant and the sponsor, and that "fair use" 
> of
> the log should not extend beyond that needed to score the contest.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
>
>
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