Field Day is inherently a multi-op event. There's no Single-Op category, though there are a couple of "one or two operator" categories that allow up to two people. So it's OK to use the privileges of
I think it's somewhat silly and a bit of a stretch to call the presence of the control operator "assistance". That person isn't doing anything, other than lending the contest operator use of his/her
My problem with your definition is the word "presence". So, if I go over to your house, and you sit in a chair in the radio room watching me operate a contest, is it multi-op? No, definitely not. Mer
With all due respect, Ron, you missed my point completely. If anyone is armchair lawyering, it's those who are nitpicking that a person's presence in the operating room constitutes "assistance" or mu
A number of you have said that KP2MM should have been DQed because he operated beyond the privileges of his license. I've argued that this isn't true because a properly-licensed control operator was
I'm not sure, but I believe you can flag the earlier contacts as unclaimed. Unfortunately, Cabrillo doesn't have a built-in way to do this. In fact, my logger deletes unclaimed QSOs from the log. We
Dave, I'm not ignoring anything. You have presented this statement... ...as a given. You can stop right there because I don't agree with the statement. My point is that ARRL contest rules do not expl
Nice research work, Brett! This certainly calls the intentions of the OP (op and original poster) into question, but I don't think it changes the fact that the ARRL rules are not clear when it comes
The FCC rules explicitly state that the control op must be present at "the control point" unless the station is automatically controlled (e.g., a beacon.) The wording makes it clear that the control
Mike, you've gotten right to the heart of the matter by emphasizing the word OPERATOR. To me, this highlights the fact that KV4FZ was an operator *in name only*. As far as we know. he didn't do any o
Club station licenses are granted to a ?trustee? designated by an officer of the club. There are only two requirements: 1) The trustee must be a licensed Amateur, and 2) the club must have at least f
(a) The station licensee is responsible for the proper operation of the station in accordance with the FCC Rules. When the control operator is a different amateur operator than the station licensee,
I think we agree in principle, but our reasoning is slightly different. You referred to the "owner of the station". That's not a factor in this. What matters is who is the station licensee. That does
I've never been in favor of super-strict interpretation of the rules, but I think one can make a legitimate argument that *any* editing of the log after the contest constitutes operating outside the
Depends on the contest and whether you count the editing time as part of the break. If it's an unlimited operating time contest, like CQ WW, then editing during the contest could cut into your operat
It's still in the rules for ARRL Sweepstakes (rule 2.7). I thought it was in the WPX rules, but I don't see it there. 73, Dick WC1M Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ C
A few years ago, some idiot on the CAC tried to explore the possibility of making ARRL DX a more interesting (i.e., fun) contest. I'm not talking about radical proposals like distance-based scoring t
Frank, Actually, I was the person who suggested the study. I did so for four reasons: 1) Because I noticed that ARRL DX had fallen to third place in log submissions behind CQ WW and CQ WPX, 2) Becaus
FYI, Win-Test soundcard support has a built-in variable tempo feature. We discovered that at W2PV @ WW1WW this weekend when our recordings sounded strangely speeded up. We ended up turning it off bec
Absolutely not! But all contests need to be fun for a majority (I could say most) of the participants. Otherwise, why are we operating in them? Because that's what we've always done? I hope not. If c