Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Good dang deal Jeff.

Sharon has been there in DXCC for a long, long time and she knows the 
"skinny".

ZN


On 2018-11-19 17:19, k1zm--- via Topband wrote:
> Joel
> Quite a few 160m friends have sent emails to Sharon Tarantula - and
> she has replied to each of us - saying the matter will be
> investigated.
> Thanks for your support of this matter.
> 73 JEFF
> In a message dated 11/19/2018 11:24:08 PM Coordinated Universal Time,
> w5zn at w5zn.org writes:
> 
> I haven't really followed the 160 meter DXCC card checking process
> closely since I retired from ARRL elected volunteer service almost 10
> years ago and after my good friend Dave NN1N departed I lost any real
> inquiry opportunity other than a "regular" member would have ":-))" so 
> I
> have no clue what the current procedure is for a DXCC Field Checker to
> validate 160 meter DXCC cards.
> 
> Regardless, as Jeff ZM urges, drop a note to the DXCC desk at HQ and
> also maybe your ARRL Director (please don't bug a Director in another
> Division, bug yours!). I would expect it to be investigated if enough
> folks raise the issue.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> 
> 
> On 2018-11-17 08:08, Bill Tippett wrote:
>>>> "There have been no uploads for OK1YQ therefore it all has to be
>>>> cards. 73
>> 
>> Clive GM3POI"
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks Clive.  I was under the mistaken impression that ARRL had 
>> closed
>> 
>> the previous loopholes in their paper card process but that is clearly
>> not
>> 
>> the case.  This (paper cheating on 160 cards) has been going on since
>> at
>> 
>> least the late 1980s, so I thought the process would have been
>> corrected
>> 
>> by now.  Something as simple as "IF 160 total is in the Top X,
>> crosscheck
>> 
>> with someone knowledgeable about 160" (even a past or current ARRL
>> President
>> 
>> would do...LOL).  I don't know what the qualifications are for "160
>> certified"
>> 
>> log checkers but this may need to be reviewed.
>> 
>> 
>> I was also not intending to cast any aspersions about the integrity of
>> 
>> LOTW, but as we've seen in the news the past few years, ANYTHING
>> connected
>> 
>> to the Internet is subject to hacks.  I'm sure ARRL will be
>> investigating
>> 
>> everything in their validation process.  They are our last and best
>> hope
>> 
>> for maintaining the integrity of DXCC (notwithstanding remote country
>> 
>> cheating, which is another topic).
>> 
>> 
>> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>> 
>> 
>> P.S  I know of at least 6 folks who have been disqualified for 160
>> cheating,
>> 
>> so yes, ARRL does care about this.
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