[CQ-Contest] Public access to logs

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> It seems to me that CQ Magazine is NOT the station operator, 
> operators, or an associated party, so posting logs they 
> receive from contest entrants will not affect DXCC status at all.

CQ Magazine becomes an associated party the instant they receive the 
logs and decide to release them. 

It is time for the CQ Awards Committee and their various contest 
committees to back away from this dangerous "confrontation."  
Although I respect the work done by members of the various 
contest committees, they have no right to willfully violate the 
rules of a program that is important to a large percentage of 
the contest participants. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> rt_clay at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:01 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Public access to logs
> 
> 
> The DXCC rule in question is
> 
> "5. The presentation in any public forum of logs or other 
> representations of station operation showing details of 
> station activity or other information from which all 
> essential QSO elements (time, date, band, mode and callsign) 
> for individual contacts can be derived creates a question as 
> to the integrity of the claimed QSOs with that station during 
> the period encompassed by the log. Presentation of such 
> information in any public forum by the station operator, 
> operators or associated parties is not allowed and may be 
> considered sufficient reason to deny ARRL award credit for 
> contacts with any station for which such presentations have 
> been made. Persistent violation of this provision may result 
> in disqualification from the DXCC program."
> 
> It seems to me that CQ Magazine is NOT the station operator, 
> operators, or an associated party, so posting logs they 
> receive from contest entrants will not affect DXCC status at all.
> 
> Tor
> N4OGW/5
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