Funny how Doug's guess at what Hans is upset about has spawned so much
speculation and useless discussion.
The ARRL has stated that the rule applies to the logs of DXpeditions only -
it is not contest logs the rule applies to. This was stated when the rule
was announced by the DXCC manager who had the job at the time.
Now for my opinion: the rule is stupid. The rule is intended to prevent
someone from finding a similar call in a log and claiming that the
DXpedition operator made a mistake so that person could get a QSL that they
did not deserve.
Yo - ARRL! Forbid the practice of confirming qsos that are not confirmed in
the log of a DXpedition to solve the problem! Isn't this obvious? If your
call is not in the log, it is not in the log. Better luck next time. Just
like we do in contests!
Now, I'm hoping that Hans will soon share what got his undies in a bunch so
that we can devote the proper energy to discussing whatever it really was.
73,
Bob W5OV
-----Original Message-----
From: doug smith [mailto:dougw9wi@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:42 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Public access to logs
On 2/28/08, George Fremin III <geoiii@kkn.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 07:57:57PM -0700, K-ZERO-HB wrote:
> > I've recently learned that individual CQWW logs are available on the web
> > for public access.
> >
...
> >
> > I'd encourage other "non-top-tenner" players like myself to consider a
> > similar "protest".
>
> Why?
>
> I think open logs are a good thing.
Agreed.
But is it possible Hans' concerns go back to a possible ARRL policy
against DXCC credit for QSOs with stations that post complete log data
online? (discussed on this list last Dec. 13th, I can't figure out
how to link back to the old posts but I'm sure they're available on
contesting.com)
I should note that the links W4TV posted to this policy don't seem to
work anymore, (more accurately, don't seem to say anything about this
issue) possibly implying that the League has changed its mind on this?
http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog?ofst=25
http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog?ofst=30
Would have to say I certainly don't understand why this would be more
of an issue for non-Top-10 folks than for the big guns.
==
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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