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Re: [CQ-Contest] Looking up on QRZ.com

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Looking up on QRZ.com
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 08:50:23 -0400
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But then,  why are call history files or super check partial files not illegal?  For that matter, cluster-derived spot information (even if only the callsign) isn't derived from on-the-air activity by the recipient. Seems to me like this is a bridge long crossed.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 6/3/2023 5:29 AM, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
Looking up a callsign on QRZ can be considered assisted if the contest uses any 
of the information provided as part of an exchange; name or state are the most 
common, counties are used in state QSO parties.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

On Jun 3, 2023, at 1:57 AM, Doug Bates<kv4zy.1@gmail.com>  wrote:

Art,
I don't claim to know all, but it strikes me as strange that a callsign
lookup on any database could be against any rules. The nearest thing I can
think of that may be anywhere near related in the rules of some contests is
forbidding "Assisted" where contesters follow a cluster to find contacts
that are currently reported as being on. Callsign lookup does not seem to
me to be anywhere close to using a cluster to find contacts. But what do I
know:)
73 & God Bless
De KV4ZY

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 9:24 PM Art Boyars<artboyars@gmail.com>  wrote:

On the N1MM reflector somebody asked about how to use the "QRZ" button
during the contest for calls that don't appear in the "check" window.  I
guess he was talking about the SCP or CHF data files loaded into N1MM.

A few people commented that looking it up on QRZ.com (or some other online
database??) during the contest was against the rules.

I don't see any difference between using an online databas and using SCP
and CHF (except that SCP/CHF is faster).

What do you wise people think?

73, art K3KU
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