[NCC] Fwd: [FCG] [ CQWW Committee ] "UT5UGR Log Padding in CQ WW"

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

UT5UGR Log Padding in CQ WW

Radiosport competition is built
on a simple foundation – the expectation 
that

Radiosport competition is built
on a simple foundation – the expectation 
that all contacts are made over the
air and correctly logged. Since 
operations are performed from the privacy of
our stations and without 
supervision, we all trust that everyone is playing by
the same rules.

In CQ WW CW 2014 the top single operator score of TO7A
(operated by 
Dimitry Stashuk UT5UGR) was disqualified for unclaimed use of
assistance 
(e.g., DX Cluster, RBN, or CW Skimmer). During the public discussion

around this disqualification a section of the log on 160 meters was 
pointed
out as being suspicious. Further checking revealed a run of 47 
QSOs between
0437 UTC Nov 30 and 0608 UTC Nov 30 that were added to the 
log when TO7A could
not be detected on the air by RBN or SDR recordings. 
In total, as many as 123
QSOs representing 22 additional multipliers 
were padded into the log.

The
added QSOs had a particular pattern that made it very clear they 
were done
deliberately after the contest to fill in rest or break periods.

A look back
into older logs revealed this practice has occurred in other 
entries submitted
by UT5UGR. Many of these were competitive entries 
including one that holds a
continental score record.

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This violation of the trust that
underlies radiosport competition cannot 
be ignored. The CQ WW Contest Committee
is announcing the following actions:

     All of the UT5UGR entries listed
above where log padding was 
detected will be disqualified and removed from the
official score database.
     For the next five (5) years (July 2015 – July
2020), any entry in 
the CQ WW, WPX, or CQ 160 Contests by Dimitry Stashuk
UT5UGR, or where 
UT5UGR is listed as a participant, will be reclassified as a
Checklog.

New log checking processes are being created to improve detection of
log 
padding. We intend to test these methods against all submitted logs from

2011-2014. If other entries are found to have added unverifiable QSOs, 
we will
address them on a case by case basis.

The CQ WW CC is committed to protecting
the integrity of the competition 
as best we can.  We look for the contesting
community to also do the same.


[ SOURCE ]
http://cqww.com/blog/ut5ugr-log-padding-in-cq-ww/
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