[CQ-Contest] CQWW 2016 SSB logs now public

[David Gilbert]

Well, Hans, I find your post to be one of the most disturbing I've seen 
here in years.

Public logs do indeed allow and encourage the ham community at large to 
at least partially police itself ... something that over my 50 years of 
ham radio I was always led to understand was a major tenant of our 
hobby.  I completely believe that peer pressure to conform to 
established rules is a good thing, and given my generally low opinion of 
human nature and the even lower level of FCC enforcement, it might be 
the only thing that keeps ham radio from being total chaos.

What you seem to advocate is more of the despicable "look the other way 
and let somebody else do it" attitude that disgusts me every time I see, 
hear, or read ... in every aspect of society ... about some offender who 
never got caught because everybody around him/her didn't want to get 
involved, incriminate an acquaintance,  or even acknowledge the 
offense.  I'm tired of hearing hams claim first hand knowledge of guys 
they know who cheat (particularly with high power or undeclared ops) and 
yet refuse to identify them.

In my opinion, you're trying to perpetuate a mentality that has at times 
threatened to drive me out of ham radio altogether.  As I see it, your 
attitude is as much a problem as are the cheaters themselves.

Dave   AB7E



On 1/6/2017 8:37 PM, kzerohb at gmail.com wrote:
> Doug, this is possibly the most disturbing message that I have ever seen on this reflector.
>
> Essentially you, wearing your “Director of CQWW” hat, have gone out to the worldwide fraternity of Amateur Radio sportsmen and said…..
>
> “Hey, guys, here are the logs of everybody who played in this Amateur Radio contest.  Would you please be a good citizen and have a look to see if you can find some cheaters among your fellow hams in there.  We look forward to your result, Comrades.  Here’s a special mailbox.”
>
> I really wanted to help MWA in the club competition, so I sent in a small log.  Probably too small to worry you about, but have a look anyhow.  Because it’s the last one I’ll submit.
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>
> From: kr2q at optimum.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:09 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW 2016 SSB logs now public
>
>
> Please see http://cqww.com/publiclogs/2016ph/
>
> For the last two years, the contest community has used the public logs to assist the CQWW Contest Committee in finding possible “issues” with some of the logs.  We look forward to your feedback again this year.
>
> You may send your findings and concerns to: questions at cqww.com
>
> Please base your findings and concerns on an actual log review and not simply on your suspicions.
>
> Thank you!
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