[CQ-Contest] CHECKLOGS -- another view CQWW-wise

[(K7ZO) Scott Tuthill]

Interesting thread on CHECKLOGS -- here is another view at least relative to 
CQWW.

Every year when the UBN report comes out I look it over in detail and 
summarize its results and make recommendations to the NK7U team. Over the 
years our focus on accuracy has really helped our score.  In fact in 2010 we 
jumped up one position in the standings because of our better logging 
accuracy and we had the lowest score reduction in the Top 5 US M/2.

Anyway, this year we had a NIL deduction from a CHECKLOG -- or at least I 
assumed it was a CHECKLOG because their full log was not posted and CQWW 
does not post the logs of CHECKLOG stations. So, this leads to following 
thoughts:

* Since a CHECKLOG station is not submitting a log for a score what 
motivation do they have for keeping an accurate log and in this case even 
logging all their QSO's?
* Since the CHECKLOG is not posted I can't see what might have been going 
on. For instance our NIL occurred near the start of the contest when we were 
running. And having a NIL when you are running should be much more rare than 
when S&Ping -- assuming the other station is logging accurately. Were there 
other QSO's in the checklog from that same period? Maybe the station only 
started logging later in the contest when they thought "Hey maybe we should 
create a log and send it in".

So the points are:
* Giving a CHECKLOG the same level of authority with respect to its impact 
in the UBN process does not seem correct from a logic standpoint. CHECKLOG's 
motivation for high logging accuracy is naturally lower since they know 
their score will not count.
* I would recommend that the CQWW team post CHECKLOGS -- I am not sure of 
their rationale for not posting them.

Scott/K7ZO