There was a scandal of a HF contest that forbid the use of spotting. However
there is no way to prevent a proxy spotter on the internet. However one
disgruntled contestant was able to correlate two things.
1. Another contestant that was benefiting from by proxy spots. IE his qso count
would go up when he switched bands and parked it on a new frequency and someone
continually "happened" to spot him within the first 3 qsos each time. As
compared to being spotted after 25 qsos for other people who are spotted
randomly.
2. A second contestant who was using the spots to complete QSOS because he
would constanly work a station within a minute or two of each new spot vs a 10
minute average for the average person.
this was in a World wide HF contest a few years ago.
From: Jimk8mr@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:57:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VUAC Survey input/ debate
To: k3uhf@hotmail.com; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
In a message dated 2/11/2010 11:43:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
k3uhf@hotmail.com writes:
A major scandal like this happened one with a CQ HF contest where someone
documented unassisted people were being spotted and the QSO times matched the
spots. Why expose an ARRL contest to that?
What are you talking about? When was this ever a scandal?
This happens all the time in HF contests, and nobody cares about it in regard
to rules violations. It may be annoying that people like me in Ohio get spotted
less than someone in Vermont or Puerto Rico, but it has never been an
adjudication issue.
There have been issues with people who claimed to be unassisted who made qsos
that lined up with posted packet spots, and who were disqualified or
reclassified. But this is in no way what you are talking about.
73 - Jim K8MR
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