[CQ-Contest] Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater

[Kelly Taylor]

Even so, there are so many variables in propagation that a guy with a
kilowatt might be inaudible in Russia while another guy running 5 watts pegs
the S-meter.

Perhaps it has nothing to do with catching cheating and is just a way to
provide more interesting information in the results...

73, kelly
ve4xt



On 3/17/11 1:34 PM, "Wayne Mills" <n7ng at bresnan.net> wrote:

> Maybe they're thinking HAAT (Height above average terrain)? That might make
> some sort of sense. If not, I should have more of an advantage at 2000
> meters ASL :-) 
> 
> Wayne, N7NG
> Jackson Hole, WY
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Taylor
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:30 AM
> To: Mike Fatchett W0MU; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater
> 
> The rule about early filing makes sense if you can get the majority of logs
> in on time. But I wonder if the rule about equipment, antennas and ASL is
> based on some idea that it is possible to deduce a link between received
> signal strength, equipment used and possible cheating on power levels.
> 
> Is that the thinking? If it is, I'm dubious about the rationale. If it
> isn't, and someone could explain, I would appreciate it.
> 
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
> 
> 
> On 3/16/11 9:43 PM, "Mike Fatchett W0MU" <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
> 
>> Harder was a bad choice of words.  It won't be hard for me at all as I
>> probably won't make a single contact.  Sponsors chase participants away
>> with overly restrictive rules that are really created for just a few.
>> If you make things difficult people will chose other activities.  I know
>> people that will not operate the WAE contests because of the QTC's.
>> 
>> While participation in general is good, the goal should be to get as
>> many people to submit logs as possible so there can be a more thorough
>> inspection and judging of the logs.
>> 
>> What does my height above sea level have to do with contesting?
>> 
>> On 3/16/2011 8:07 PM, Art R8TX wrote:
>>>   I   can   not  undrstand  how  on  earth  the  new  rules  "make  the
>>>   participation harder" for W7DNA or K0HB or you?
>>> 
>>>   R8TX
>>> 
>>>   Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
>>> 
>>>   MFW>  By making it harder for people to participate....participation
> will
>>> be
>>> MFW>  low...........which is never a good thing.
>>> 
>>> MFW>  On 3/16/2011 10:21 AM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>>>>> On 16/03/2011 12:45, Pete Smith wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm afraid that the Russian DX Contest organizers are doing something
>>>>>> else, Hans. Instead of focusing too heavily on "top contesters", they
>>>>>> seem obsessed with trying to prevent all cheating in their contest,
>>>>> It seems to me that trying to prevent cheating in
>>>>> contests is a reasonable thing for contest organisers
>>>>> to do.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> They seemingly think that by rule-making they
>>>>>> can achieve cheater-proofing, a dubious concept all in itself.
>>>>> It looks like they are simply making it harder for
>>>>> cheaters to get away with cheating.  What is dubious
>>>>> about that concept?   IMHO inadequate or unenforced
>>>>> rules are a charter for cheaters.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> Paul EI5DI
>>>>> 
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