[CQ-Contest] Suggestions

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

I'm going to have to agree.  For one thing, how does one know beforehand that they're going to have a world ranked score???  I wound up #2 in the world in the SOAB(A) category in last year's CQWW SSB, but if somebody told me that I was going to 1) be #2 World (from the USA nonetheless), 2) break the USA record, 3) break the North American record, and 4) be the first single op in the USA to go past 10,000,000 points, I would have laughed at that person.  
 
But I did, and I absolutely stunned when I saw the claimed scores roll in. 
 
Now under VE3DZ's proposals, my efforts would have been for naught because certain scumbags in a certain part of the world decide that cheating is a sport, not a mark of shame.  I think most of these suggestions are ridiculous.
 
Enforce the rules that you have now.  You've got more tools than ever before.  You've got skimmers; you've got SDRs parked all over the globe.  You've got well laid out rules that are pretty damned clear.
 
Try not to turn an amateur radio activity into an inquisition.
 
73 Rich NN3W
 



On 09/14/12, RT Clay wrote:

This is ridiculous- you can't have special rules that only apply to people who "think they will do well". The rules of the contest have to apply to everyone equally. 

If you do, the side effect is that the contest sponsor will have to DQ a few stations who weren't sure that they were "good enough" or whatever, and didn't jump through the extra 10 hoops. That would be very unpopular.

On the other hand, if the contest sponsor wants to spend some effort ENFORCING rules (via SDR recordings, observers, station visits, etc) for the stations they think are at the top, that is a good thing.

Tor
N4OGW

--- On Fri, 9/14/12, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Suggestions
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 8:09 AM
> Ken, you said "World Top 10", while
> Yuri said "top 5 in their respective 
> categories". Big difference.
> 
> In your case, you are only going after the world SOAB HP
> entries. While Yuri 
> would be going after all categories, including, for example,
> single band, 80 
> meters, low-power, assisted.
> 
> I know there is a perception that the biggest problem is
> world SOAB HP. However, 
> the law of unintended consequences would say that if you
> focus on world SOAB HP, 
> the problem will only be pushed into another category.
> 
> Where do you draw the line ?
> 
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
> 
> On 09/13/2012 06:05 PM, Ken Widelitz wrote:
> > Hans stated "While every contester, in his own mind, is
> a "top contester,"
> > 99% of those top contesters know that realistically
> they are not going to be
> > in the world top 10 in CQWW. If a contester thinks they
> might be World top
> > 10, and that wouldn't affect more than 20 or so
> entrants, the ideas are not
> > unreasonable, outrageous or Draconian, given the
> potential to almost
> > eliminate concerns about cheating among top scorers,
> evidently one in
> > particular, but you really can't require something of
> one top entrant that
> > isn't required of all top entrants.
> >
> > 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
> >
> >
> >
> >
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