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Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW LCR's and log scrubbing

To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW LCR's and log scrubbing
From: Yuri Blanarovich <k3bu@optimum.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:34:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Yep!
Looks like it happens , another contest no-no.

I was deprived from very unique record: maximum QSOs with 0 point result.

In good faith I worked my butt of working as many 0 point stations as I could to achieve biggest 0 point score. Worked bunch of them, my own country compadres, also supplying them with 0 point multiplier. When results were published I found that 2 stations did not log me, causing 3 QSO penalty and more 0 point deduction. Thanks to magic of math and contest rules my final result was not affected. It might be still on the record books, way down on the bottom, but it will be never beaten with some negative score, but it could have been bigger 0 score. The point of the exercise was to demonstrate silly rule of 0 pointers for own country in todays age. Oh well, if everyone is happy with lopsided scoring system, enjoy it, just keep clicking away!

73  Yuri K3BU.us
 
 
 On Sun, Apr 09, 2017 at 05:56 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
 
 > A couple of the locals (and many of you, I am sure) found that we are not in
the logs of a couple big-ish M/S's and M-2 Caribbean stations logs for the
latest CQWW SSB 2016

Both of us are very very careful with mults and have very low LCR % errors.
(0.4% NIL's) (14 calls out of 3112 QSO's)


At first I thought maybe they just fat fingered our callsigns, but it was
too much of a coincidence so we went digging.


We saw the open (public) logs and see some big gaps (where our QSO's should
be at) and 'surmise' their logs have been scrubbed of common, non-mult
contacts to meet the 10minute and only work mults QSO rules for M-S & M-2
operations.


Should THIS really be allowed? If I work someone in good faith, I certainly
don't expect to be scrubbed from their log because they were cheating.


I've seen it all now.. Do I have to say "59 - 5, please don't scrub me from
your log" ;-)

Now *I* am paying because others are cheating.


Mike VE9AA



Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB


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