[VHFcontesting] a new Strategy for home and club stations

[frank bechdoldt]

Here’s an ethics question based on the current rules
 

There is no rule that prohibits one from forgetting to log a contact in the log they turn in or logging the contact wrong.
When the partner of a QSO does not log a QSO it penalizes the other party beyond the value of the one unconfirmed QSO if it exceeds a certain limit.
 
Why hasn’t anyone adopted a strategy of sending out stations that only logs certain QSOS for their team members while not logging QSOS for competing clubs?
 
This would be an obvious path to victory and it is not unethical because it is not clearly prohibited in the rules.  
 
Imagine sending out a few portables or rovers into a competing club’s territory and doing damage to your neighbor’s score while inflating your team’s score.
 
While some will surely say this is unsportsmanlike,  others will reply who are we to define sportsmanship in this contest? 
 
Some will say its unfair and others will reply the people who have their logs docked as result of someone else’s actions can still just enter and have fun.
 
 
After all this is not much different that what we rovers are talking about, but instead of docking our scores  the team efforts diminish our efforts in a similar fashion this scenario would do to your home or club efforts.
 
Send this on to the ARRL, maybe they will get it.
 
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