[OZ-CONTEST] Fwd: [bcc] Fwd: [RRDXA] ARRL Statement zu DA0HQ

[Jan Thøgersen]

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> From: "W7VJ" <w7vj at millerisar.com>
> Date: 10 June 2010 02:56:44 CEST
> To: "'Ulf Schneider'" <uschneid at gmail.com>, <bcc at bavarian-contest-club.de 
> >
> Subject: RE: [bcc] Fwd: [RRDXA] ARRL Statement zu DA0HQ
>

> Regrettably the ARRL appears to go the route of political correctness.
> Rather than take a stand, they seem to avoid the issue altogether by  
> simply
> electing a path that has the least chance of insulting anyone - and  
> in the
> process, they accomplish the opposite by creating general  
> frustration with
> the contest community!
>
> Schade!
>
>
> 73
> W7VJ
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulf Schneider [mailto:uschneid at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 10:48 AM
> To: bcc at bavarian-contest-club.de
> Subject: [bcc] Fwd: [RRDXA] ARRL Statement zu DA0HQ
>
> Interessante Email von F2DX and F6FVY (Teamleader TM0HQ). Wird wohl
> etwas weniger los sein dieses Jahr in der IARU HF World Championship
> ...
>
> 73
> Ulf DK5TX
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Zrinko Zibert <zibert at t-online.de>
> Date: 2010/6/9
> Subject: Re: [RRDXA] ARRL Statement zu DA0HQ
> To: rrdxa at mailman.qth.net
>
>
> 2009
> ----
>
> Once a contest is over, the mission of a contest committee is to check
> that the logs of the entrants are compliant with the rules and  
> ethics of
> the contest, score them, and adjudicate. The ARRL has failed twice in
> 2009 : They first published incorrect results and afterwards simply
> claim they will *not* decide who finished first or second, despite
> detailed analysis provided by an entrant...(as it seems the contest
> committee members are unable to do such themselves!)
>
> .
>
> As they don't adjudicate who finished first or second, it implies that
> the remaining HQ entrants' results and rankings are also meaningless!
> That suggests that over 1000 ops in more than 60 teams took part in a
> contest (with countless hours of preparation, etc.) for nothing!
> Unbelievable!
>
> 2010
> ----
>
> This time around it got even better. One month prior to the 2010  
> event,
> the ARRL has decided to change the rules...and not check the logs of  
> the
> HQ entrants, and finally to not publish any final score (or ranking)  
> for
> them! We (TM0HQ) have been preparing for this event since February  
> 2010.
> We already have more than 70 ops involved, have spent countless  
> hours on
> the preparation of stations, website, computing, drove hundreds of km
> for... nothing. AGAIN ! And we're sure we're not alone in this  
> position.
> The ARRL is making fools of us and all the HQ teams. Such an approach
> displays a total lack of respect for all involved in this  
> international
> event. It must also be pointed out that, according to its text, the
> decision to implement these last minute rule modifications was taken
> unilaterally by the ARRL, despite the presence of a recognized  
> workgroup
> (on this list). What arrogance!
>
> So what's next?
> ---------------
>
> This unfortunate decision from ARRL demonstrates that the contesting
> community and the HQ teams obviously values much more the competition
> than the organizers themselves. We regret to see such a decision even
> more by contesters.
>
> It's clear the ARRL will not reconsider its position on this topic.  
> The
> question is now : Do we really need the ARRL to adjudicate the HQ  
> logs?
> We don't think so. We believe this is an opportunity for us (HQ
> competitors) to do a better job! How about creating a multinational
> group to seriously check these logs, and publish results on the web?  
> We
> could even tune the scoring and checking methods, and adopt better  
> rules
> (on unique QSOs for example) to ensure fairer adjudication and thus
> avoid abuse in future.
>
> In light of all the above, be advised that TM0HQ is reconsidering
> whether to participate or not in the coming IARU HF Contest. Further
> preparations have been brought to a halt and currently if nothing
> changes, we will not waste our time for a checklog
>
> We all are VERY disappointed by this situation, brought about by a  
> bunch
> of incompetent persons.
>
> 73
>
> Patrick (F2DX) and Larry (F6FVY) - Team leaders TM0HQ 2010
>
> __________________
>
> Auch, LY4A (LY0HQ Team leader) hat schon gesagt, alle Baltik Länder  
> (LY,
> LY, ES) und SN0HQ sind NICHT dabei in IARU HF.
>
>
> 73s, Zik
>
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