This self spotting issue on SSB is much ado about nothing, in my opinion.
What's the difference in having 50 friends who spot you once each and five
friends who spot you 10 times each. Who really cares? Focusing on a
subjective determination as to whether someone got spotted by a friend too many
times in order to DQ the participant is ridiculous.
The other thing I think is ridiculous is the notion that cheating is so
rampant.
There has only been one time in the last forty years that it gave me concern
that I was affected.
73... Stan, K5GO
> On Apr 16, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> From my research of the DQ list, I found the following for some country data
> (just grabbed some countries and drilled down). I counted everyone
> participating in a multi and used their home callsign as a national.
>
>
>
> 11 - Italy (plus II9P team - typically 6 - 10 ops)
>
> 5 - US
>
> 5 - UK
>
> 4 - Ukraine
>
> 3 - France
>
> 3 - Brazil
>
> 3 - Switzerland
>
> 2 - Germany
>
> 2 - Spain
>
> 2 - Russia
>
> 2 - Argentina
>
> 0 - Japan (noteworthy vs the large number of entrants)
>
>
>
> Hardly a conspiracy in my opinion. Looks like a big dragnet that hopefully
> sends a message to everyone that is if you self-spot (or work with a close
> friend excessively cheerleading you - whether that's a real person or an
> avitar) or use assistance unclaimed - you are going to get caught and DQ'd.
>
>
>
> I believe that this information has been building over a few years. Kudos
> to CQ WW CC for having the courage to raise the bar on fair competition.
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
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