[CQ-Contest] ARRL Cheating in ARRL using the cluster

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Are we talking about the same contest, Bob?  No reason that the Russians 
would be working 9H1s.

Actually, I'm more interested in the busted calls you reported.  It's 
not that busts don't happen, because they do, but because 
readily-available filtering can catch almost all of them.  I was only on 
for 10 hours and 1000 contacts, but they were almost all S&P.  I worked 
out 3 or 4 bands at a time - 0 spots waiting to be worked - and in that 
time I saw exactly 1 bust that made it through to me.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/18/2013 12:27 PM, w5ov at w5ov.com wrote:
> A lot of this seems to be the Skimmer/RBN network reporting the station
> the runners are working.
>
> Probably not anyone cheating in the manner you describe.
>
> I found this a LOT. (Among all the other busted calls).
>
> W5OV
> (80m @ K3LR)
>
>
>> It seems like a couple of Russian station are cheating using the  cluster.
>>
>> I operated AB unlimited over the weekend and was checking spots the whole
>> weekend.
>>
>> As the contest progressed over the weekend semi rare mults were worth
>> QSYing to.  Over a dozen times as soon as the call appeared on my band map
>>   I
>> QSYed to it only to UT0U merrily CQing away.  (There I named a  call!)
>> Another U station did the same thing but I forgot to get his  call.  The
>> calls
>> spotted were semi-rare mults like (9H1 etc), but rare  enough to attract a
>> crowd.  Once would be a coincidence, but it happened  many times.  Every
>> time
>> there was no hint of the station spotted.   Pure out and out cheating!
>>
>> Did anyone else see that behavior?  The only way to stop this crap is  to
>> put pressure on them.
>>
>> Bill K4XS
>>
>>
>>
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