[CQ-Contest] Some Observations

[Trent Sampson]

Hi Mike 

It is simplistic to say don't cheat and you won't get asked - The committee will change over the years and the rule will come back to bite - It is a dumb rule 

The very ethos of contesting has been thrown out the window by the CQ Committee. 

Read the very rule that in various forms attaches to the vast majority of contests 

"XIII. DECLARATION:
By submitting a CQ WW DX Contest log, and in consideration of the efforts of the CQ WW DX
Contest Committee to review and evaluate that log, an entrant unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees that he/she has: 1) read and understood the rules of the contest and agrees to be bound
by them, 2) operated according to all rules and regulations that pertain to amateur radio for the
station location, 3) agreed the log entry may be made open to the public, and 4) accepted that
the issuing of disqualifications and other decisions of the Committee are official and final. If an
entrant is unwilling or unable to agree to all of the foregoing, the entrant should not submit the
entry or submit the entry as a Checklog only."

Asking for recording is then saying we do not trust any competitors integrity - that is plain simple and obvious - it is a sad change to the vibe of contesting as we know it. 

Cheers 

Trent VK4TS 


-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Smith VE9AA
Sent: Thursday, 20 April 2017 8:28 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Some Observations

 

VK4TS:

".Check the ALL TIME records for AFRICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA and ASIA - there 

are several classes of NO LOGS - never an entrant in the category - In Oceania 

there is an All-time record with 2 points !!! 

 

The people who decide to have a bit of fun to put their name in lights and make 

10 QSOs just to get the PDF are now being asked to record the entire 48 hour


contest ?  Who would bother? To record 47 hours of band noise?

 

."

 

No Trent.  What you fail (and to be fair, many others fail as well) to realize and what Bob, W5OV has said over and over is:

(paraphrasing) '.Don't cheat and you won't get asked for recordings...'

 

Really - I don't know how much simpler it could be.  C'mon guys.  Seriously !

 

Regards, 

 

. . Mike VE9AA NB  (9-land in Canada ! Yes, it's really a place)

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB

 

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