[UK-CONTEST] IARU contest URE Report

[David G3YYD]

Did they actually cheat or did they exploit the rules to the maximum? If 
the later then that is OK. If you do not like then campaign to get the 
rules changed or alternatively do the same to nullify their advantage.

You could argue that SO2R is cheating if you can only do SO1R, yet for 
most multi-band contests SO2R is within the rules. But then the SO2R 
contester put the effort in to achieve that capability just as has the 
DL did to get all those calls in the log.

David G3YYD

On 01/05/2010 09:20, Gordon Brown wrote:
>
> People cheat, they always have and always will.  If these sad people get pleasure by winning after cheating then it says a lot about them.  We can't set up rules to defeat the cheats because they will always find other ways.  Should we set up a police force that drops in on contestants in the middle of a contest to ensure they haven't switched their linear on?  Do we stop contestants in NFD, 80M-CC etc. claiming points for contacts with their own members?
> It's a hobby, win or lose you're supposed to enjoy it.  I do, always.
>
> 73 Gordon G3MZV
>
>
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> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] IARU contest URE Report
>
> I agree with Peter G3LET - change to zero points for home HQ station just
> like the CQWW (this includes GB7HQ in Scotland working a station in
> England!!).
>
> 73 Cris
> GM4FAM
>
>    
>> Actually it's quite easy to believe.  The solution is not to allow QSOs
>> with your own country to count for points.  There's just too much
>> temptation to cheat at present.  Everyone does it to some extent but
>> apparently DA0HQ has better organisation and a lower embarrassment
>> threshold.
>>
>> 73, Peter G3LET
>>
>> CHRIS COLCLOUGH wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Sorry for the cross posting.
>>>
>>> Have any of you been alerted to this?
>>>
>>> http://www.radio-sport.net/iaru_scoring09b.htm
>>>
>>> If this is true then there needs to be further investigations. There are
>>> 2 links to pdf documents part way down that explain it all. I know we in
>>> the UK get behind the RSGB entry in the contest and work them on all
>>> bands and modes if possible, but this is taking the buiscuit.
>>>
>>> I have just read it and can't believe what I have read.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris Colclough
>>> G1VDP
>>>        
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