WN3VAW said:
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There is no way to determine if the Packet Cheerleaders have been organizedin
advance by the station(s) in question, or if they just decided to do it on
their own without the knowledge of the station(s).
(SNIP)
The core problem is that ethics can not be enforced... that is, I can not force
you to be ethical (after all, you and I might well differ on what is and isn't
ethical behavior on some hair-splitting points). You can write the rules as
much as possible to encourage ethical and legal behavior, but there will always
be those who choose to do as they please.
<de N5NJ: Precisely my point. If the rules don't state clearly what is ethical
behavior, it's open to interpretation. If someone chooses to go against the
published definition, then it becomes an enforcement issue. >
Packet Cheerleading should be discouraged, and I applaud K1TTT et al for
bringing to light some of the... well, if not unethical or questionable,
certainly odd or unusual operating behaviors. But before we start assessing
penalities, let's be sure we understand the problem and make sure we apply
those penalities to the right station.
<de N5NJ: No one has suggested penalties yet - although I think that if it is
shown that a station has an extraordinary amount of cheerleading from his home
club, or based on K1TTT analysis, those who attempt to hide the fact that they
are from his home club or region, the contest sponsors should look into it.
In the case of a single op, reclassification as a multi-op would be
appropriate. Whether or not they choose to apply the geography rules and then
DQ the multi-op, that's another thread.>
Just imagine... two M/M stations battling it out from the same region, tight
race, tight scores. Wouldn't it be terrible if someones associated with M/M 1
decided to cheerlead M/M 2 just to try and get them DQ'd? (You think that
couldn't happen? The way some of us have a "win at any cost" mentality? )
<de N5NJ: Again, let's define what is appropriate and what is not, so that
there is no room for interpretation. Your hypothetical of cheerleading
sabotage could be included as unethical use of packet also.
73,
N5NJ
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