[UK-CONTEST] QRM?

[Jiri Culak]

Hi Peter,

Technology is actually in our favour....well, I think. At least on that one.
Policing the band is hard and unwanted, but recording whole 48 hours using
SDR / Skimmer technology
And store it for possible complaints. Maybe if mentioned, "the actors" would
have to decide to fair play or to risk disqualifitacion.

Anyway, there is not big number of them for sure, but usually few of them
will "make your day" so....

73 :)

Jiri


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Hobbs
Sent: 28 January 2009 23:28
To: UK Contest reflector
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] QRM?

> ...they are using help of other
> "members" and as soon as you send QRL? within anywhere Closer than 
> 1.5kHz from main man's run qrg, they will send yes. If they missed you 
> in that you could be sure of deliberate QRM and jamming.

Jiri,

Many thanks for shedding light on these matters - very helpful.  If this
means what I think it does, we have mafia-style behaviour here, no different
in principle to tactics used in the drug business.  I doubt very much if the
contest organisers are aware of the extent and rapid growth of this type of
activity, which I also witnessed at the weekend but hadn't appreciated the
extent of the cooperative effort involved.  There seem to be two choices,
either to boycot the events concerned, or to persuade the contest organisers
to take robust action to penalise or disqualify entrants who rely upon these
practices.

As the rules stand for multi-op entrants, there is a danger that what Jiri
is describing could even be considered legal and so rule changes may be
necessary to clarify the situation.  Concerns over skimmer etc. pale into
nothing compared to the establishment of such a "team" behind a major
entrant.  With most contests held only once a year, it may take some time
for any defensive measures to bite.  Naming and shaming in soapbox comments
might help, but a lot of resource would be needed to assemble the sort of
evidence upon which action could reasonably be taken.  Contest police? 
Forget it - this is (at least for most of us) still a hobby.

73, Peter G3LET 

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