Joel
Quite a few 160m friends have sent emails to Sharon Tarantula - and she has
replied to each of us - saying the matter will be investigated.
Thanks for your support of this matter.
73 JEFF
In a message dated 11/19/2018 11:24:08 PM Coordinated Universal Time,
w5zn@w5zn.org writes:
I haven't really followed the 160 meter DXCC card checking process
closely since I retired from ARRL elected volunteer service almost 10
years ago and after my good friend Dave NN1N departed I lost any real
inquiry opportunity other than a "regular" member would have ":-))" so I
have no clue what the current procedure is for a DXCC Field Checker to
validate 160 meter DXCC cards.
Regardless, as Jeff ZM urges, drop a note to the DXCC desk at HQ and
also maybe your ARRL Director (please don't bug a Director in another
Division, bug yours!). I would expect it to be investigated if enough
folks raise the issue.
73 Joel W5ZN
On 2018-11-17 08:08, Bill Tippett wrote:
>>> "There have been no uploads for OK1YQ therefore it all has to be
>>> cards. 73
>
> Clive GM3POI"
>
>
> Thanks Clive. I was under the mistaken impression that ARRL had closed
>
> the previous loopholes in their paper card process but that is clearly
> not
>
> the case. This (paper cheating on 160 cards) has been going on since
> at
>
> least the late 1980s, so I thought the process would have been
> corrected
>
> by now. Something as simple as "IF 160 total is in the Top X,
> crosscheck
>
> with someone knowledgeable about 160" (even a past or current ARRL
> President
>
> would do...LOL). I don't know what the qualifications are for "160
> certified"
>
> log checkers but this may need to be reviewed.
>
>
> I was also not intending to cast any aspersions about the integrity of
>
> LOTW, but as we've seen in the news the past few years, ANYTHING
> connected
>
> to the Internet is subject to hacks. I'm sure ARRL will be
> investigating
>
> everything in their validation process. They are our last and best
> hope
>
> for maintaining the integrity of DXCC (notwithstanding remote country
>
> cheating, which is another topic).
>
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
>
> P.S I know of at least 6 folks who have been disqualified for 160
> cheating,
>
> so yes, ARRL does care about this.
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