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Why does publishing the results change anything. Is there a prize for being Honor Roll number 1? *** yes How do you account for all the other dirty contacts on the DXCC rolls? Those are just ignored and only remote contacts are the problem? *** Read my post again: The cheaters, commercial RHR users, ethical types are all grouped together. You mention 'dirty contacts' ... care to explain? Once again they publish where you stand. If guess if you need to compare yourself to other people on the list so be it. I have been working on and off for DXCC honor roll since 1978. It is not a race for me. Obtaining Honor Role takes time, skill and patience. The more time people have to spend in front of their radio the more dx they work. *** Fine, not a race for you but a race for others. The guy that has 10 more countries than me is not necessarily any better at dxing than I am. He might just have been on the radio more and was in an area that had better propagation. You are trying to find reasons to discredit remote operations by filling holes in a DXCC program that is far from perfect. *** Let me help out here. I have gone on record in past postings that I personally do NOT have a problem with remote operations in the vicinity of their home station. The problem is people using remotes in different countries and on different sides of the continent to inflate their standings. Doug Mike W0MU On 2/27/2015 11:02 AM, Doug Renwick wrote: > Yes the DXCC award you have earned is yours. > But the problem is the publishing of the standings. The cheaters, > commercial RHR users, ethical types are all grouped together. If the > standings were not published, highlighted, promoted then it would be a > personal award. But when ALL are grouped together in the standings by call > sign and totals, then it becomes an issue. > > No, the ARRL recognizes they can't/don't want to control the cheaters and so > have abdicated their responsibility in setting ethical standards. > > Doug --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband