[CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay

[DXer]

I agree!

It's impossible to have a level playing field when the contest is open 
to participants worldwide. Too many controllable and uncontrollable factors.

Then there is human nature, cheaters will always exist. Cheating methods 
also evolve.

There is no way to make rules to account for every possible equalization 
need. This would be like discovering the 'Theory of Everything'.

Before you ask: what do you propose? I don't know. I see very competent 
and experienced people here struggling to find a solution, and it has 
not been found yet.

Maybe we have to accept that it's not possible to fix everything, but 
work around these difficulties and enjoy the hobby the best we can.

Unless one 'must' be recognized as the best in the world, I think the 
suggestion that friends, or people with the same ideas, should form sub 
groups within contests, and compete amongst themselves. While this 
method would theoretically put an end to cheating within that group of 
participants, it would still not be a level playing field if the members 
are spread all over the world.

73 de Vince, VA3VF


On 2017-03-11 6:49 PM, Jim Neiger wrote:
> Give me a break, please.
>
> 1) The playing field will NEVER be level, and
>
> 2) Our lives and societies are already too much of "the tail wagging the
> dog".
>
> What we need more of are the talented operators like CT1BOH  and N6MJ
> who are trying to lead by example and lift us all up,  rather than
> dumb-down our technologies and skills with gimmicks like packet and
> skimmers.
>
> Vy 73
>
> Jim Neiger  N6TJ