Hi Jon,
General rule 3.10 is "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.
I think this means that during the contest you cannot call up or e-mail a
buddy and ask him to get on and work you now. Asking him to look for you
ahead of the contest is OK.
And if you work him on 6M and ask him there to work you on 2M, that's OK
too.
It's the specific purpose of these other communication forms that's not
permitted, namely to solicit a contact. Other uses of the internet do not
seem excluded by this rule.
73
Chet, N8RA
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From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jcplatt1@mmm.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:13 PM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Rules for Single-Ops
Hi Paul, good to work you in the contest this past weekend.
It my understanding that the general opinion supported by the League is that
a Single-Op can not use any form of operator assistance by external
means (other than by direct radio communications). I believe this relates
to the interpretation of General Rule 3.10. I base this opinion on recent
work on the rule change to allow rovers to use APRS and who can use that
APRS data (Single-ops can not). This would rule out Single-Op use of
Internet tools like you have suggested. I would think a strict
interpretation of this would also rule out the use of Internet based tools
like K0SM's Rain Scatter to check to see if a path exists. Not saying I
agree or disagree, but I think this is the Leagues interpretation, and I
defer to the Contest Manager and his management. Someone who isn't
planning on submitting a contest log COULD use these really fun tools &
still play in the contest .... they could also submit a check log.
73, Jon
W0ZQ
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