[CQ-Contest] Thoughts on DQs in CQWW

[Ria Jairam]

>  (or work with a close friend excessively cheerleading you)

In this case the CC didn't really uncover much in the USA. There are
several stations who have cheerleaders spotting them. It's a fairly common
practice, even encouraged as a way to boost scores. I never even knew that
was against the rules, unless you coordinate with them and ask them to spot
you. It's certainly not clear in the rules that cheerleading qualifies as
self-spotting.

73
Ria, N2RJ


On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:

> This self spotting issue on SSB is much ado about nothing, in my opinion.
> What's the difference in having 50 friends who spot you once each and five
> friends who spot you 10 times each.  Who really cares?  Focusing on a
> subjective determination as to whether someone got spotted by a friend too
> many times in order to DQ the participant is ridiculous.
>
> The other thing I think is ridiculous is the notion that cheating is so
> rampant.
> There has only been one time in the last forty years that it gave me
> concern that I was affected.
>
> 73... Stan, K5GO
>
> > On Apr 16, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > From my research of the DQ list, I found the following for some country
> data
> > (just grabbed some countries and drilled down).  I counted everyone
> > participating in a multi and used their home callsign as a national.
> >
> >
> >
> > 11 - Italy (plus II9P team - typically 6 - 10 ops)
> >
> > 5 - US
> >
> > 5 - UK
> >
> > 4 - Ukraine
> >
> > 3 - France
> >
> > 3 - Brazil
> >
> > 3 - Switzerland
> >
> > 2 - Germany
> >
> > 2 - Spain
> >
> > 2 - Russia
> >
> > 2 - Argentina
> >
> > 0 - Japan (noteworthy vs the large number of entrants)
> >
> >
> >
> > Hardly a conspiracy in my opinion.  Looks like a big dragnet that
> hopefully
> > sends a message to everyone that is if you self-spot (or work with a
> close
> > friend excessively cheerleading you - whether that's a real person or an
> > avitar) or use assistance unclaimed - you are going to get caught and
> DQ'd.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe that this information has been building over a few years.
> Kudos
> > to CQ WW CC for having the courage to raise the bar on fair competition.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
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