[CQ-Contest] TO7A debacle

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Mon May 11 13:06:39 EDT 2015


I wonder if this was all after the contest log manipulation or does he 
have some nefarious program running that inserts calls into the log 
during down periods?

Mike W0MU


On 5/11/2015 5:55 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> Great job by EA5RS and others to identify this block of 160m QSOs as being
> suspicious.  According to the reverse log data (where we build a log for
> every station that makes any contacts in the received logs), TO7A did not
> make any contacts between 0433 and 0602 UTC 2014-11-30.  However, this is
> the same time that there is a run of 160m QSOs in the TO7A log.  We cannot
> find these QSOs on the SDR recording or RBN logs.  One could assume these
> 160m QSOs were added to the TO7A log to improve the score.
>
> All of the calls in this "160 run" were active in the contest, but did not
> submit a log.  That implies there was a deliberate attempt to pad the log
> with calls that could not be cross checked.
>
>
> Anyone want to talk about something else now?
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Dez Watson
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 9:25 AM
>> To: ea5rs at ono.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] TO7A debacle
>>
>> Juan,
>>
>> Comparing public data from the RBN with the TO7A log, the 160m running
>> period between
>> 0346 UTC and 0351 on Sunday 30th Nov matches well:
>>
>> TO7A log:
>>
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0346 TO7A          599 8 VE3DO         599 04
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0347 TO7A          599 8 W1/SP4Z       599 05
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0347 TO7A          599 8 XE2S          599 06
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0348 TO7A          599 8 N0TT          599 04
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0348 TO7A          599 8 W4NF          599 05
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0349 TO7A          599 8 VC7M          599 03
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0349 TO7A          599 8 NN6L          599 03
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0350 TO7A          599 8 NN5T          599 04
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0350 TO7A          599 8 NO9E          599 05
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0350 TO7A          599 8 K5KPE         599 04
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0351 TO7A          599 8 K9QVB         599 04
>> QSO:  1840 CW 2014-11-30 0351 TO7A          599 8 K3JO          599 05
>>
>> In the time-frame above there were at least 4 skimmers hits for TO7A from
>> WZ7I, K3MM, K8ND and PJ2A.
>>
>> An issue for me is, an hour later, TO7A claims to be running on 160m but
>> there are no skimmer spots and what appear to be those unsubstantiated
>> QSOs which you correctly highlighted in your post Juan.
>>
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0437 TO7A          599 8 W9FML         599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0438 TO7A          599 8 K6NO          599 03
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0439 TO7A          599 8 ON4TO         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0440 TO7A          599 8 OZ1CTK        599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0441 TO7A          599 8 AC5RN         599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0442 TO7A          599 8 RA3QSY        599 16
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0444 TO7A          599 8 G3ZHL         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0445 TO7A          599 8 DL7SBV        599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0446 TO7A          599 8 DL8OK         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0447 TO7A          599 8 OH3M          599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0448 TO7A          599 8 SM2BLY        599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0449 TO7A          599 8 UT5URW        599 16
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0450 TO7A          599 8 K4LNN         599 05
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0451 TO7A          599 8 DL3TU         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0452 TO7A          599 8 LA5HE         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0454 TO7A          599 8 OE3V          599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0456 TO7A          599 8 OK1EK         599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0457 TO7A          599 8 SP3CQP        599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0459 TO7A          599 8 OM1LA         599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0459 TO7A          599 8 K0PJ          599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0502 TO7A          599 8 PA1BR         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0504 TO7A          599 8 PY1NP         599 11
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0506 TO7A          599 8 LZ1MG         599 20
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0507 TO7A          599 8 RW3PK         599 16
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0508 TO7A          599 8 R6KY          599 16
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0509 TO7A          599 8 9A2JK         599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0511 TO7A          599 8 LU2YE         599 13
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0512 TO7A          599 8 N3XF          599 05
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0513 TO7A          599 8 W2OR          599 05
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0515 TO7A          599 8 YU1QU         599 15
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0517 TO7A          599 8 EA4FL         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0518 TO7A          599 8 W9FY          599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0518 TO7A          599 8 N5HI          599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0519 TO7A          599 8 EI2KC         599 14
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0520 TO7A          599 8 KG8P          599 04
>> QSO:  1830 CW 2014-11-30 0522 TO7A          599 8 EA8MT         599 33
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Dez G3WW
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