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

[Kevin Rowett]

Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> Gerry, 
> 
>> This debate will effect ARRL, not CQ.  I'm going to lobby 
>> ARRL CAC to make logs public, but simply obfuscate the exact 
>> callsigns from the Cabrillo file (a very simple task).   In 
>> this way, they can, in no way, be used for QSL manipulation, 
>> but, lots of other interesting data can be mined.
> 
> The Cabrillo header will also need to be removed.  
> 
> By the way, this would be a perfect solution for CQ as well ... 
> convert all calls to random 9 digit sequence.  Each log 
> could be assigned the 9 digit ID and any time that call 
> appeared in any log it would be replaced.  By obfuscating the 
> calls, any log made public would no longer be individually 
> identifiable  which would solve most of the privacy concerns. 

uh...it wouldn't take much to figure out the random ID number
for a callsign.

1) re-compute the claimed score, compare against the 3830 posting.
2) compare QSOs with your own log.

73,
-KR- K6TD