You may want to take a look at the rules. There are three sections ...
General Rules, General Rules for VHF Contests, and Specific Rules for
each contest.
The following comes from the General Rules for VHF --
2.1.3.Use of spotting assistance or nets (operating arrangements
involving other individuals, DX-alerting nets, packet, etc) is not
permitted.
So, Multi ops can NOT use spotting nets etc.
Also in the main General Rules state--
3.10. The use of non-Amateur Radio means of communication (for example,
Internet or telephone) to solicit a contact (or contacts) during the
contest period is not permitted.
This one even disallows the use of a telephone to solicit contacts.
Both of these rules apply to ALL classes so it does not make the rules
"lopsided and arbitrary".
Jim K3LFO/R
Nate Duehr wrote:
> Duane - N9DG wrote:
>
>
>> Somewhere a long the way the whole point of what VHF
>> contesting is all about I think has become lost. Are we doing
>> it just to rack up big Q counts? Or are we doing it to see
>> what our *weak signal* gear, and *ourselves* are capable of
>> achieving for cumulative *DX* within a 33 hour period? Or are
>> we now just trying to see what our out outside of the shack
>> networking capabilities are?
>>
>
> Hard to say. It's not defined anywhere. What's the goal of the contest?
>
> The multi-ops are allowed today to use Internet information sources
> under the current rules. And yet, Rovers aren't allowed to use ham
> radio based networking?
>
> Seems lopsided and arbitrary to allow land-line based communication and
> information flow for multi-ops but not to allow digital networks that
> are on-air for the rovers, doesn't it?
>
> And it's lopsided because... of the exact question you ask. What is the
> POINT of the contest?
>
> If it's "to communicate"... pretty much anything goes in that game.
>
> If it's to "to communicate only with weak-signal modes", that's a
> different game yet.
>
> If it's "to communicate with an odd-ball bunch of limitations for some
> operators but not for others using mostly weak signals, but allowing
> some people access to other forms of communications"... that's what we
> have today.
>
> Nate WY0X
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