Could someone please explain precisely how the CQ WW software for detecting
packet use works?
tnx
... Sylvan
Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK
http://www.dynamicforesight.com/~ve5zx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:21 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Packet Use Statement
> From page 102, August 2003 CQ Magazine:
>
> "Over the last several years the CQ WW Contest Committee has
> developed software that allows the detection of packet use. Thanks
> to the cooperation of all the major packet services, we were able to
> create a massive file of all packet call-outs during the CQ WW SSB
> test. This year we checked all 4100 SSB logs against this packet
> file. The results are very heartening. Only 12 logs were reclassified.
> Since the CQ WW is the first contest to analyze logs in this manner,
> we have had to develop some ways to deal with packet misuse. The
> first step is a letter of inquiry asking the entrant if he used packet and
> forgot to indicate the proper category in the summary information.
> This usually solves the problem, being that most misclassifications are
> human errors of omission. After a second year of not claiming the use
> of packet, a warning letter is sent. Thereafter, the entrant's log will
> become a checklog. First and second violations lead to proper
> classification as Assisted. Third violations cause the logs to become
> checklogs. It is easy to avoid any problems: Claim the category you
> actually entered. It is that simple."
>
> Once again, KUDOS to the CQ WW Committee for taking a
> stand on this!
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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