[CQ-Contest] public logs (there are no secrets)

[Julius Fazekas]

One of the nice things about public logs is that it provides a learning opportunity, particularly for new contesters. You can look and see who was being worked when you had a NIL with the particular station, see if there was propagation to your area, or if the station was running a completely different part of the world. Maybe you'll see a similar call suffix...

If someone is serious about improving their contest skills, these are helpful clues. "I need to listen better." probably is one of the better lessons learned from public logs.

Maybe I'm naive, but it seems to me that such a small fraction of hams blatantly cheat or are paranoid about privacy, and yet this topic rears it's head over and over and over and over and over and over, with only previously entrenched positions. Seriously, if you don't like the rules of a particular contest, just don't send your log in. You can still play, folks will know you were there, you'll have fun on the air and life can continue in peace.

And yes, this is just an opinion...

73,
Julius Fazekas
N2WN

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--- On Sun, 6/13/10, Scott Robbins <w4pa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Robbins <w4pa at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] public logs (there are no secrets)
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 7:24 PM
> >Of those operators who believe
> there is  value in reviewing past logs, some
> >hold the view that "sharing secrets" is  healthy
> for radiosport and its
> >participants.  Sharing your successes 
> motivates you to enhance your
> >operating skill further to remain 
> competitive.  This is good for the
> >individual and the hobby.
> 
> >Ed  - W0YK
> 
> Logs should be public.  There are no secrets. 
> Everything I know (knew?) about radio contesting I either
> learned on the air or I asked someone else.  Those guys
> who are perennial top operators answered every question I
> ever asked.  Maybe the hard part was figuring out what
> I should be asking in the first place.  
> 
> It's like baseball.  Ted Williams was famous for
> telling his teammates and anyone else who would listen how
> to hit one.  You could watch him do it, he'd tell you
> how he did it, and almost no one could duplicate his
> success. 
> 
> Scott Robbins, W4PA
> VIBROPLEX
> 
> 
> 
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