[CQ-Contest] Re. TO7A Debacle

[David Gilbert]

Attitudes such as yours are how we got to this point in the first 
place.  People have been publicly ignoring bad behaviors for decades, 
and there are still folks who privately claim certain knowledge of 
stations habitually running excess power yet publicly say nothing that 
would help do anything about it.  In my opinion, expressing concerns in 
public forums ... with substantiating data ... is the ONLY way we're 
ever going to make progress weeding out the cheaters you don't want us 
to talk about.  History has shown that an occasional quiet DQ 
accomplishes nothing to address repeat offenders ... peer pressure and 
the light of day is FAR more effective.

Dave   AB7E


On 5/17/2015 1:59 PM, David Pruett wrote:
> I for one am looking forward to the day when we'll stop consuming 
> reflector bandwidth beating this dead horse.  Yes, he cheated, the 
> CQWW Committee caught it (kudos to them) and levied an appropriate 
> penalty (more kudos to them).  The committee's opinion is the only one 
> that matters and they are not compelled to explain their actions to us.
>
> Certainly you are entitled to your opinion on this matter and your 
> perception of the operator involved, but expressing these in a public 
> forum contributes nothing to the discussion.
>
> Dave/K8CC