[UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day Results

[John Crowder]

Scott, whilst not trying to defend the contest committees action against you, I do tend to agree that they should perhaps have communicated their decision to you prior to publishing the result. What I fail to see in the results page on the HFCC web-site is any mention of any deductions and the only mention in the reflector was from the contest committee chairman who, whilst stating that points were deducted, does not specifcally mention the stations involved; so who was it who identified you station call?
 
You seem to be suggesting that you would not knowingly resort to or condone self-spotting. However until tonight I did not realise that you also hold MM0LID and therefore decided to search on DX Summit using this call.  This revealed some interesting spots outside of SSB FD where MM3AWA has created several spots for MM0LID in a number of contests, including a couple during CQWW. There is one made during the Saturday morning before SSB FD where MM0LID is spotted by someone using your SSB FD call (MM0AOQ). 
 
There are a number of posts where MM0LID appears to be self-spotting including one just before the end of SSB FD which was presumably to attract other contest stations onto 14.220MHz. 
 
The post from W7SWL claiming you were 59+ in NV is, according to QRZ, based in Tucson AZ.  
 
The list also includes posts from four GM4 calls which I cannot authenticate, they certainly do not appear on QRZ nor are they on a list of calls where station details have been withheld. I publish the information extracted from DX summit below:

GM4FRG-@        7083.2 MM0LID      59 14                              2150 30 Oct   Scotland
MM3AWA-@        7175.0 MM0LID      CQWW                               0009 30 Oct   Scotland
MM0LID-@       14217.0 MM0LID      Testing For CQWW                   1940 29 Oct   Scotland
MM0LID-@       14220.0 MM0LID      cq dx stateside                    1510 05 Sep   Scotland
MM0LID-@       14220.0 MM0LID      cq cq                              1447 05 Sep   Scotland
F4GDP          28505.0 MM0LID/P                                        1228 04 Sep   Scotland
MM3AWA-@       14277.5 MM0LID                                          1213 04 Sep   Scotland
MM0AOQ-@       14287.0 MM0LID      aa                                 1103 04 Sep   Scotland
MM3AWA-@       14286.0 MM0LID      AA Test                            1038 04 Sep   Scotland
MM3AWA-@       21300.0 MM0LID      AA Test                            1024 04 Sep   Scotland
MM3AWA-@        7132.0 MM0LID      WPX                                2146 27 Mar   Scotland
W7SWL-@        14217.0 MM0LID      59+ in NV                          1956 22 Feb   Scotland
MM3AWA-@        7038.2 MM0LID      WPX RTTY                           1915 13 Feb   Scotland
MM3AWA-@       14092.0 MM0LID      UKDX RTTY                          1211 16 Jan   Scotland
MM3AWA-@       28505.0 MM0LID/M    Scott IO97 1844 12 Jan Not Found
MM3AWA-@       14240.0 MM0LID/M    Scott , Back On air                1023 08 Jan   Scotland
MM3AWA         14240.0 MM0LID/M    Scott , Back On air                0823 08 Jan   Scotland
GM4GJF-@        7174.0 MM0LID      Scott.. Loud..                     0324 14 Nov   Scotland
GM4ERM-@        3785.0 MM0LID      nice signal                        2207 05 Oct   Scotland
GM4ZMM-@       14082.2 MM0LID      Test                               1013 26 Sep   Scotland
MM0LID-@       14217.0 MM0LID      Back on air                        0641 18 Jul   Scotland

I trust the other stations that featured strongly on DX Summit with apparent self-spotting/cheerleading during SSB FD will have equally been penalised, although I suspect they are e keeping their heads down and not trying to defend what occurred for digging a deeper hole.  At least one of the G stations involved has not only spotted by the club members and some of its officers of the club during SSB FD but this practice has also been doing noticed during other contests including the 80m Club Championships.
 
I would urge the contest committee to seriously review all contest rules with regards to self-spotting / cheerleading and to clearly define the punishment for any future breach.
  
John