[VHFcontesting] Re: ARRL VHF Contest

[KG4QDZ]

Since these stations don't care to submit in the first place, it's highly
doubtful any would "want to be sure all their Q's were properly submitted".
And, since they would be in a separate 'deadbeat' category, it would be easy
to find out who they were and do things like perpetually email them about it
until they tow the line and start submitting, right (it's called
email-bombing...)?

It occurs to me that that might be a good reason not to allow the logs to be
analyzed outside - easy to find the non-submitters...

Of course, if good judgement and privacy were set aside and this
implemented, it would be easy to get the remaining data. Also change the
rules to require category and section exchanged as well as call and grid...
Then you'd have it for them too.

However, now that you have all these extra logs, from people who have
minimal scores (if they were high scores, they'd have submitted most
likely), what progress have you made? None.

Having the ARRL look at number of unique calls provides all the statistical
data you need without the possibly unpleasant after-effects ;)

It DOES look suspiciously like the ARRL is making a quick case to drop
things...

73, Skip

----- Original Message -----
> > The ARRL could "enter" the non log submitters in
> > absentia, it would really be just a matter of
> > extracting the call sign, Q, and multiplier data from
> > all those who do submit logs to determine who they are
> > and their Q/mult totals. Perhaps require a minimum of
> > 10Q's in order to be "entered" into this category. If
> > these ops then really want to be sure that all of
> > their Q's and mults are properly "submitted" they will
> > have additional motivation for sending their own logs
> > in themselves.
> >
> > Obviously this would need to be a special category of
> > some kind since there would be minimal station data
> > (power, section etc.) from these participants.