[CQ-Contest] Contest Recording

[Dez Watson]

You either abide by the contest rules, or not.

You choose to make a recording, or not.

Let’s just suppose the contest adjudicators spot anomalies in a log.

To say you didn’t make an audio recording because you didn’t expect a 
top 5 place is a lame excuse quite frankly.

It’s been discussed many times previously how technically simple it is 
to record a contest. Why would any serious single op entrant choose not 
to record their received audio? I use Audacity and a jack lead – it’s 
kids’ stuff.

The poster gives the impression it was an entry for fun, not expecting a 
top 5 place whereas the poster also said it was a wasted weekend working 
over 750 stations.

750 plus stations phone un-assisted QRP sounds like a pretty serious 
effort to me, far from a casual entry so why would you not make an audio 
recording? It seems a no brainer, especially if you are likely to set a 
new record for your country.

Interestingly the 3830 post-contest write up suggested a considerable 
effort was made to get this station ready for the contest. Decide for 
yourself...

Let’s clear this up, just because the 5^th placed score got asked for a 
recording does not automatically mean the 4^th 3^rd 2^nd and 1^st place 
also get asked to provide a recording – unless of course there are 
discrepancies with their logs.

The organizers do look at ways at increasing participation; the rules 
around audio recordings are not designed to be a hurdle to stop casual 
entrants, this is misleading.

These rules are designed to clean up contest cheating and to suggest 
otherwise is fallacious.

73 Dez, G3WW



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