[CQ-Contest] K4RO on cheating

[Julius Fazekas]

Looks like Doug wants to go to Antarctica with Bob and I ;o)

As this year's TCG Facilitator, and in my time with TCG, I have not heard of, nor even heard rumors of an conduct that I wouldn't be proud to be a part of... Nor do I think it would be tolerated.

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html

Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
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Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875


--- On Tue, 8/18/09, kr2q at optimum.net <kr2q at optimum.net> wrote:

> From: kr2q at optimum.net <kr2q at optimum.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] K4RO on cheating
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 2:07 PM
> There have been several really good
> posts on cheating, and this one by K4RO is one the
> best.  Here is a great excerpt:
> 
> [snip]
> The truth
> is that cheaters will continue to find new ways to cheat,
> but we
> should make it as difficult on them as possible. Don't
> operate with
> cheaters. Don't nod your head or look the other way if you
> hear people
> bragging about it.
> [snip]
> 
> So...what about you contest clubs?  Are you happy to
> accept those scores from club
> members who you KNOW are cheating?  Who you KNOW are
> running SOUP?  Contest clubs
> are the life-blood of contesting...they generate more "new"
> contesters than any other
> source (so say I).  Yet, by "looking the other way,"
> what message is sent?
> 
> I dare say that virtually every big contest club knows who
> they are, but do nothing and
> gladly add those scores to their total.  Is your
> contest club about generating and fielding
> world-class ops or about submitting a "winning" score?
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
> 
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