How about a "hall of shame" audio website? That would be an appropriate forum.
THAT would prevent any argument -- we would be hearing facts (the
audio) rather than
conjecture.
Most people would probably not like an archive of their bad operating
methodologies.
BTW, was anyone amazed at the constant calling for the the KP4 in
phone SS? My goodness,
pretty much everyone was in the same situation -- needing PR for a
sweep. A station showed up
on 10 late on Sunday. People were NUTS! The op in PR, at times, was
asking for stations by call area/state... his way of trying
to manage the mess. The pile was having none of that. I heard guys
calling 20-30 times after
each QSO... even when the op was not looking for that station. I
guess it was life or death for them!
73, Gerry W1VE
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Mike N1TA <n1tangoalpha@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> I don't think that CQ-Contest is the forum for calling out "unsportsmanlike
> behavior." Could a forum exist in the future? Maybe, but it would most
> certainly be abused with petty squabbling. Especially if it were in "hall
> of shame" format. After all, who are any of us to decree someone a bad
> operator? Maybe a better route would be to take a recording, and send it to
> the CC. In such case as an unsportsmanlike offense were properly documented
> and reported, what type of response - if any - would the committee have?
> I'm sure such a response exists as this is not a new subject.
>
> --
> Mike DeChristopher, N1TA
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:49 PM, <kr2q@optimum.net> wrote:
>
>> The following is my opinion and should not be construed as anything
>> official from any
>> contest sponsor with which I may be associated.
>>
>> "Dumping it in" has indeed gotten worse. What I find "upsetting" is that
>> folks are still doing
>> this, even more of this, in light of the current initiative for FAIR PLAY
>> (CQWW). Clearly,
>> mistakes happen. But if the same stations are doing this all the time,
>> then that is a clear
>> violation of FAIR PLAY. That is easily defined as UNSPORTSMAN LIKE
>> behavior; an actionable
>> offense in the CQWW.
>>
>> If anyone has recordings or has taken note of such behavior, I would URGE
>> them to go ahead
>> and contact the offending station, post it on CQ-Contest, or do SOMETHING
>> to point out
>> that this is not FAIR PLAY. A "hall of shame," while not exactly what I
>> would have in mind, isn't
>> bad either...at least it's a start.
>>
>> Being a QRP contester, I get dumped on all the time. I take it for
>> granted. When the DX
>> comes back "KR2," that seems to be an alert to the other callers that,
>> "Hey, I can dump
>> on him easy." That's OK and I don't really take it personally. But yes,
>> this very bad modus
>> operandi should not be condoned or tolerated IF it can be shown that this
>> is more than just
>> an honest mistake (hint: have your ducks in a row and documentation in
>> place if you plan
>> to confront or cite anyone). I say, LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE PISSED OFF.
>> Forget the
>> "gentlemen" stuff...make a stink about it. To do otherwise is tacit
>> approval of such lousy
>> behavior.
>>
>> So with FAIR PLAY in mind, I say it's time to bring some daylight to the
>> offenders. Do the
>> right thing.
>>
>> de Doug KR2Q
>>
>> REMINDER:
>> The preceding is my opinion and should not be construed as anything
>> official from any
>> contest sponsor with which I may be associated.
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