[CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

[Chuck Dietz]

I liked it better when the FBI was going to look into it.

Chuck W5PR

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 9:24 PM Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> First and last comment on the issue:
> I don't like the spoofed spots any more than the next ham.
> But you do all realize that the discord that this discussion has generated
> is exactly the type of disruption that the miscreant(s) were hoping for?
> The Contest Committee is aware of the problem.  Committee members have
> stated that no one's entry will be penalized by the spoofed spots.  That
> should be the end of it.
> The nature of the spotting network means that this type of disruptive
> behavior is possible... and no doubt, once the miscreants get wind of the
> current fru-frau, will happen again.
> So either we institute a massive, unpopular overhaul of the entire
> system... which will only make it more difficult for the miscreants, I'm
> sure, sad to say... or we learn to live with it.  The same way we live with
> carriers, tuner-uppers,
> the-net-is-always-on-this-frequency-every-day-even-though-it
> won't-start-for another-12-hours, and so forth.  We recognize that these
> are the efforts of miscreants who for whatever reason wish to disrupt our
> contests, ignore them, and move on.
> Let's not tie ourselves up in knots over this.
> 73, ron w3wn
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