ARLA/CLUSTER: 2009 IARU HF World Championship: LOG de DA0HQ, no es declarado ganador en el concurso.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

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From: URE
Date: 2010/6/10
Subject: [iaru-news:1148] 2009 IARU HF World Championship
To: iaru-news 


La URE se congratula en saber que sus denuncias de QSO fraudulentos en el log de DA0HQ  han sido consideradas correctas y que la ARRL reconozca expresamente que numerosos radioaficionados alemanes violaron las reglas del concurso, en concreto, tal como dice el CC de la ARRL, la regla 3.5 de sus Bases generales para Concursos.

También es motivo de gran satisfacción ver que el LOG de DA0HQ, con cientos de contactos fraudulentos, no es declarado ganador en el concurso tal como solicitaba la reclamación de la URE. Confiamos en que en breve la DARC emitirá un comunicado pidiendo disculpas por el comportamiento antideportivo y contrario a las reglas demostrados por varios de sus asociados y secciones locales de la DARC.

Sin embargo resulta extraordinariamente descorazonador y vergonzoso ver como el CC castiga al resto de HQ cuyo comportamiento en el concurso, tanto el suyo como el de sus asociados, fue honesto y cumplidor de las reglas, a no recibir el diploma de su correspondiente clasificación obtenida limpiamente.

Resulta increíble que el comportamiento antideportivo y contrario a las reglas practicado por unos pocos radioaficionados y secciones locales de una sola asociación de un solo país haga que el resto de HQ cuyos asociados sí tuvieron un comportamiento honesto paguen privándoseles de participar de una competición que habían abordado de manera deportiva, legal y limpia. Bajo ningún concepto es aceptable la asimilación o extrapolación  del comportamiento de unos pocos colegas alemanes al resto de participantes de otras nacionalidades.

Agradecemos las muestras de apoyo y solidaridad recibidas en la URE por parte de radioaficionados de todo el mundo, especialmente por parte de radioaficionados alemanes que están escandalizados por el comportamiento de unos pocos de sus compatriotas. Estamos seguros que ese es el sentir de la mayoría de sus compañeros en DL. Confiamos que la propia DARC se sumará a la repulsa de las practicas que han sido demostradas y corroboradas por el CC.

Agradecemos todas las felicitaciones por nuestro informe recibidas desde asociaciones y radioaficionados de todo el mundo. Confiamos que haya sido una pequeña ayuda para mantener el Fair Play vivo en nustras competiciones deportivas de radio.

Muchas gracias.

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The URE is pleased to know that our allegations of fraudulent QSO in the log of DA0HQ have been considered correct and that the ARRL Contest Committe  recognizes explicitly that numerous German hams violated  the contest rules, in particular, as the ARRL Contest Committee mentions, the Rule 3.5 of its General Rules for Competitions. 

It is also gratifying to see that the LOG of DA0HQ, with hundreds of fraudulent contacts, is not declared the winner in the competition as requested by the claim by URE. We imagine that the DARC will shortly issue a statement apologizing for unsportsmanlike and rule-breaking behavior shown by several of its members and some local sections of the DARC.
 
However, it is extremely disheartening and shameful to see how the Contest Committe is punishing the rest of HQs in the competition whose behavior, -theirs and also that of their respective local members-,   which was honest and fully observant of the rules, not to receive a diploma in the corresponding classification obtained honestly and fairly.

It is incredible that the unsportsmanlike and rule-breaking behavior practiced by just a few amateurs and local branches of a single association from a single country (DL), will make the rest of HQs whose members did have an honest and rule-compliant behavior deprived from participating in a competition in which they had taken part honestly and cleanly. Instead of removing those faulty QSO, the Contest Committe condemns the rest of honest HQs to not have a reward for their honest work, because just a few in DL did break the rules, as confirmed by the CC itself. Under any circumstances, it cannot be acceptable any comparison or extrapolation of the behavior of a few rulebreakers in Germany with the behavior of the other participants of other nationalities, especially of those whose logs have also been analyzed publicly.

We appreciate the overwhelming messages of support and solidarity received at URE from radio amateurs and associations around the world, especially from German hams who are outraged by the behavior of a few of his countrymen. We are confident that this is the feeling of the vast majority of their peers in DL. We hope that the DARC will soon join the reprobation of the practices that have been demonstrated and corroborated by the Contest Committee made by few German hams and local sections of the DARC.

 We appreciate very much all the congratulations on our report received from associations and radio amateurs around the world. Thanks 

also to the Germans hams that helped to show up the truth. We strongly believe that this has been for the best interest to keep the Fair Play alive in our Radio Sporting events.

Thank you very much.