[CQ-Contest] Major changes to 2016 Poission d'Avril contest

[Oliver Dröse]

ROTFL ... great, Doug! ;-)

73, Olli - DH8BQA

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Am 01.04.2016 um 15:18 schrieb Doug Grant:
> MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO POISSON D’AVRIL CONTEST
>
> New overlay categories added, log-checking technology investments, and
> new award program
>
> The Poisson d’Avril Contest, one of the highlights of the radiosport
> calendar, will see some major changes for 2016.
>
> Pd’A Headquarters recently installed a state-of-the-art
> liquid-nitrogen-cooled server farm and multi-core quantum computers
> located on a small island off the coast of Maine and a network of
> real-time SDR receivers scattered around the world with dedicated
> fiber-optic communication links. Software algorithms provided by
> Google and the NSA have been enhanced to provide the adjudicators with
> the tools they need to enforce the rules.
>
> The system is able to track every QSO from every entrant’s log in
> real-time and correlate the data to the on-air signals. The system was
> tested during the VK0EK expedition, where it was actually able to
> detect QSOs before they happened. The system should provide
> incontrovertible evidence in most cases of cheating, thereby avoiding
> the inevitable protests, thousands of individual and class-action
> lawsuits, and actual name-calling on the CQ-Contest reflector.
>
> Since a few cheaters may still go undetected by the system, the Pd’A
> is adding new overlay categories to allow entrants to declare their
> transgressions and save the Committee time in the DQ process.
>
> They are:
>
> 1.       Single-operator Overlays:
>
>     a.       <OVERLAY-CHEATER-EXCESSIVE POWER>
>
>     b.      <OVERLAY-CHEATER-USED DX CLUSTER AND DID NOT CLAIM>
>
>     c.       <OVERLAY-CHEATER-USED REMOTE RECEIVERS>
>
>     d.      <OVERLAY-CHEATER-MULTIOPERATOR>
>
>     e.      <OVERLAY-CHEATER-ADDED QSOS I DID NOT MAKE>
>
>     f.        <OVERLAY-CHEATER-I’M NOT TELLING WHAT I DID SEE IF YOU CAN FIND IT>
>
> 2.       Multi-operator Overlays:
>
>     a.       <OVERLAY-CHEATER-LOTS AND LOTS OF POWER>
>
>     b.      <OVERLAY-CHEATER-RUBBER CLOCKING MULTI SINGLE>
>
>     c.       <OVERLAY-CHEATER-NON-INTERLOCKED INBAND>
>
>     d.      <OVERLAY-CHEATER-MANY TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER SITES>
>
> According to Pd’A Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG, “While these new
> technologies and overlay categories should make the adjudication
> easier for our staff, the scores really don’t matter because I always
> win and I’m not cheating. I am too busy to operate this year, but I
> suspect my score from a previous year will be grandfathered in. That’s
> just the way it is. Have a nice day.”
>
> In a related action, the Pd’A Committee announced that it will no
> longer be printing and mailing certificates for the event. “Since most
> major contest sponsors have adopted the downloadable certificate
> model, we’ll go along with the trend. But we’re taking it one step
> further. We will be auctioning off our leftover inventory of blank
> certificates on eBay so you can print your certificate on genuine Pd’A
> certificate stock, which comes 500 sheets to a roll. Proceeds from the
> sales will be donated to the Save Kingman Reef Fund and sponsoring a
> Youth Team at WRTC2018 (both competitors under 60 years of age) ”.
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