[CQ-Contest] Log Checking Technology

[Yan (XV4Y)]

Hi Steve, fellow contesters,

There will always be "only a fraction" of cheaters caught.
The same goes for speeding on the road, only a fraction of infractors are caught, still the majority respects the limits.
I agree that if the percentage is too low, there is not enough incentive to comply to the regulations.
The only way to see if the policy works is doing afterward comparisons : Has the number of "unassisted" logs been reduced ? Has the "cleanliness" of signals improved ?

My own opinion is that is a very good move from CQ WW organizers.
I hope it will lead the way for other contests.
The only drawback I see is that in some cases I'm not sure all the participants are able to perfectly read and understand all the rules. Some people might be disqualified even if they were in good faith.
For "american" contests, I fear that some "non native english speakers" might misread the rules.
The same is also true for contests like JARL, JIDX, AA or the western europe countries where there might be some innacurate wording in the english translations of the rules.

73,
Yan.
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Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
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http://xv4y.radioclub.asia/

Le 6 mai 2015 à 09:06, cq-contest-request at contesting.com a écrit :

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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 11:53:26 -0600
> From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Log Checking Technology
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> Jeff,
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> Everything in this posting was okay, until you said this:
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>> Only a fraction of the cheaters are being caught.
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> Please explain how you have come to this conclusion.
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> 73,
> Steve, N2IC