IMHO, let's not make too much out of this decision.
As explained in the newsbite that made the announcement, the practice of
"dueling CQ's" was never intended to be permitted. Only recently has
technology and (to be fair) operator skill advanced to the point where it
was possible.
And now someone did it. Correctly pointing out that within the strict
letter of the contest rules in place, the practice was not actually
prohibited.
I know many believe "if it is not strictly forbidden, it is implicitly
allowed". On something like this, it is unfortunate that accepted practice
had to be explicitly mentioned. Regardless, an unintended consequence of
not spelling out this specific instance was that a loophole was created and
exploited.
If you want to give a tip of the hat to the PJ4G folks for finding and
exploiting said loophole, well, they or someone on the team did the work and
uncovered it.
The important thing is... They did not break the rules, in fact they
strictly adhered to the rules, as they were written at the time.
Now that it's been exposed, the loophole has been closed and the unintended
consequence should not happen again. And that is how it should be.
And that should be the end of that.
73, ron w3wn
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