They are so cheap that people would buy their own and have friends
around the world set them up. It is probably being done now. There is
no way to stop the cheating. They are individual awards. Some will
cheat and most will do it right. I could work a lot more DX if I had a
remote receiver in W1 land on 160. With remote operations being
acceptable across a vast distance like the USA does it really matter?
We have had the DX clusters for years and we still have no registration
system and still get people cheating on them and posting with fake calls
etc.
Best of luck making cheaters adhere to more rules.
W0MU
On 1/17/2018 12:32 PM, John Randall via Topband wrote:
Yes, this is part of the issue we all face with the vaidation of QSO's and its not going
to go away either. As more and more people realize whats happening, they are going to
question their qso's. At the moment there is perhaps only one way to test the qso, and
that is to see if other stations from the same area are also coming in a approx the same
level as the station you worked. Even this may not be fool proof for those who chase
"the paper trail". Cooperation is going to be needed from all SDR party's to
try and sort it all out. A possible solution if to use an identification system on the
designated sdr websites, which will prove a qso via that particular method. But this too
takes two to tango and people working together, otherwise the award system may collapse
into a meaningless pile on the floor.
As newer technology appears, things may get even worse for those
concerned.Talking about this may bring it into the open via various magazines
and amateur radio society's.Watch this space...hi
73John - M0ELS
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