[CQ-Contest] CQ WW CW 2014 TO7A.

[Steve IK4WMH]

Hello Ken,

Friday, May 8, 2015, 12:38:17 AM, you wrote:

KW> I've looked fairly carefully at the TO7A log.

I haven't looked at it, I have just read your analysis.

KW> At 0708 - 0710 there are three mults on 80m while running high
KW> rate on another band.

He logged just one mult at 0708, another one at 0709 and the third at
0710 along with two more QSOs on his running freq.

That makes 2 running QSOs plus 3 mults in a 3 minutes time span, I
would hardly call that "running high rate".

KW> At 0727 - 0740 there are a lot of mults on 40m while running high
KW> rate on another band.

Are we looking at the same log?

From 0722z to 0746z there aren't QSOs on bands other than 40m.

As for the interval you mention, there are no QSOs logged at 0726z so
maybe after a minute he got bored of calling and started a sweep on
the 40m band, by the way take a look at the progressively increasing
frequency of the QSOs logged between 0727z and 0740z.

KW> At 0934 - 0938 there are a couple of mults while running high rate
KW> on another band.

Again I can hardly consider 2 logged QSOs per minute a high rate.

It seems to me he was running on 80m while tuning the 40m band from
higher down to lower frequencies from 0926z to 0938z working mults, I
can't see anything weird there.

KW> At 1013 - 1014 there are two mults on 15m 26 khz apart that make
KW> you wonder if you can tune that fast in S&P, but it is early and
KW> there aren't many signals on the band. Maybe it was professional
KW> use of a bandscope.

First, please notice there are no QSOs logged at 1012z.

It seems to me it simply took him 2 minutes to crack the usually huge
4O3A pileup (his only QSO logged at 1013z) and then he worked the EA8
one minute later, again his only QSO logged in that minute.

Maybe he thought it was good to stop the running station for a while
to have a better timing while trying to work 2 mults.

I do that (better say I was doing...) every time I find a pileup which
is too difficult to break from a small station, I store the freq in
the VFO-B and tune for something else to work, when I have 2 stations
on both VFOs I simply try to work one of them and swap the VFOs from
time to time when I can't work one of them in an acceptable period of
time.

KW> At 1403 - 1411 there are 7 mults on 10m stretched over 50 khz.
KW> Tuning 50 khz while working 7 QSOs on the run frequency in 9
KW> minutes is impressive. Maybe it was professional use of a
KW> bandscope.

Again, the 10m QSOs have increasing frequencies logged as if he was
simply tuning up the band and again 7 running QSOs in 9 minutes seem
pretty workable.

KW> At 1847 - 1850 there are 3 mults on 10m over 30 khz while running
KW> on 15m. Maybe it was professional use of a bandscope.

I think he was simply tuning up the band looking for mults, then a few
minutes later he parked on 28094 alternating CQs between 15m and 10m
bands.

KW> At 0903 - 0913 there is an instance of jumping off a 40m CQ
KW> frequency, working a mult 12 khz away and jumping back to the CQ
KW> frequency within 3 minutes while working an additional 3 mults on
KW> 80m.

I see that after a less than optimal rate during the previous minutes
on 40m he didn't log anyone at 0902z, worked a mult at 0903z then went
back on his running freq for 4 more QSOs and finally QSYed to 20m.

I don't see anything special in that, I have done it in the past when
a band was getting too boring to be running on it.

KW> Again, these are simply my observations. As Steve, N2IC stated,
KW> you view the log and draw your own conclusions.

My interest in contesting has gone down during the recent years and I
have no interest in accusing or defending anyone.

I would really hate to have to be the prosecutor in this case of
cheating in a trial before a judge given the extremely poor evidences
that you mentioned in your post.


Steve IK4WMH