[RTTY] Contest Ethics

[WS7I]

IMHO there is no need for either a Contest Manager nor a score checker to not participate in a contest.

I have been doing some of this stuff for a long time and typically those that are chosen to check logs and/or be the contest manager of a given contest are folks of the highest ethical standards.

I never noticed if Ron checked my log or I his when we were starting the WPX contest.  But I can assure you that it wouldn't have mattered very much.

In fact in over 20 years of RTTY contesting I have only heard of a person who was hosed once in a RTTY contest and that was when a SSB/CW guy got to vote on the date that a certain log was allowed to be entered which was far beyond that of the contest deadline.  The good news was that at least a few people know who actually won the contest.




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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
Date:  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:23:34 -0800

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>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:25:05 -0500, "JT Croteau" <jt.n1ese at gmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>Is it proper for a contest manager to participate in his own contest?
>>If I do participate, should I only participate as a check-log entry?
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>------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
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>Only the score checker should not participate. As contest manager, no
>problem.
>
>73, Bill W6WRT
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