[UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day Result

[Alan Hydes]

Ed, GW3SQX, the Contest Committee chairman is unavailable for a few days, so
I think it best that I reply to this as the adjudicator concerned.  

A complaint was made about apparent self-spotting shortly after the contest.
This was discussed by the Contest Committee to decide what action should be
taken.  In this case it appeared that the spots were not made by the
operators and not directly from the site, but were the result of club
members being "over-enthusiastic".  In such a case we thought the most
appropriate action was to issue a warning to MM0AOQ and advise them that
such spotting could result in severe penalties in future...  a suspended
sentence, if you like.  Having looked through the log closely I believed
that no significant benefit resulted from the spotting that would have
affected the result.   

As this was the first such warning to be issued, I would have preferred to
have reviewed it (and the policy) at the Contest Committee meeting this
weekend.  However in light of comments on here, we decided to send the
warning immediately.  A message was sent on Tuesday and it is now with the
MM0AOQ team to put their house in order for future contests. 

Alan   G3XSV



From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Šcottyy The
?rete?der ?c?e?an
Sent: 03 November 2010 12:16
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day Result


Tom,
no we ws not contacted by anyone regarding this issue.
So we had no chance to defend ourselves which i think is rather unfair
considering the circumstances!

de  MM0LID                                       
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