[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW webinar 21st October

[Olof Lundberg]

That's a good summary Chris. I'll add a couple of points to your list:

5. They will now check the zones. If you work a W6 and you or SCP/exchange
guessing fills in zone 3 but he is in zone 5 you will lose the QSO but there
will be no penalty.
6. He re-emphasized that we should just work the dupes and not mess around
with 'worked before' and such

I was also impressed by the increase in the number of logs submitted that
they have seen. If I didn't misread the diagram it looked like the logs have
doubled in the last 5 years in spite of a sun that has been less than
cooperative. I wonder whether the number of logs from G have doubled in the
same period?

I have absolutely no problem with the principle of not trying to correct the
log after the contest is over but I believe they are chasing the end of the
rainbow there. We already have CTY files, call composition checkers and SCP
and exchange guessing in real time. I see nothing that would prevent a
moderately software-astute competitor to add real-time checks against
qrz.com and RBN and the cluster and against uniques and so forth. If I
invest many hours in the contest proper I could at any rate not see myself
spending even more time after the contest to find what would be very few
mistakes.

I wouldn't disagree with the idea of catching cheaters and name and shame
them. But generally I think we are on a dangerous track when we take the
competitive aspect too seriously. Contests should be fun. Keep the US
lawyers inside the US borders, don't export them please. There is very
little absolute fairness in radio contesting at any rate. Given two
identically good operators or teams, the station with bigger antennas or a
more quiet location or a more rare multiplier or with more points per qso or
in a location with better ionospheric propagation would always win. 

73 Olof G0CKV

-----Original Message-----
From: UK-Contest [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Chris Tran GM3WOJ
Sent: 22 October 2012 10:20
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQ WW webinar 21st October

Hello all

Last evening's webinar by the new CQ WW Director, Randy K5ZD was
interesting. About 200 people were logged on for the 60 minute presentation.

I saw a few UK names in the list of those listening and watching.

The key messages I took from this were :

1. The new CQ WW rules are targeting cheating more aggressively. Dodgy
practices have been going on for years but many are more identifiable
nowadays. CQ WW have 7 SDR sites around the world which will record every
QSO made by every entrant. Obviously only questionable QSOs from
high-scoring entrants will actually be checked.

2.  All log alterations must be done during the contest, not post-contest. 
I guess this helps to explain the new 5-day log submission rule.  This
places the onus on the operator(s) to log accurately when making the QSO or
be penalised.

3.  Randy thinks that excessive power will eventually destroy the CQ
contests unless things are brought back under control.

4.  You can use the Cabrillo X-QSO command to mark a QSO as invalid in your
logfile (for whatever reason) - do not delete any QSOs from your log before
submission.

I think the audio + slides are now available online for those interested.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ 

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