Dave, please don't take this as an accusal, but isn't asking someone
during the contest to move to another band to make a qso considered to
be "Use of spotting assistance"?
I guess what I really want to know is the definition of exactly what
spotting assistance is.
My original question of whether skeds are ok, before AND after a
contest, has not been addressed. I'm guessing it's ok, since I heard
many stations on 6m ask if the other had 2m or 440, etc. But if it is
ok, IMHO the definition needs to be made clear. Don't forget, I'm a
contest newbie here.
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:08 AM, David Olean wrote:
> Hello Sebastian,
> I made no contacts above 432 this time around in June, but usually
> can make 50-75 Qs on 1.2 CW and SSB from my location in SW Maine.
> The way we all do it is to work someone on either six or two and run
> them up the bands. The six and two ops ask each station worked if
> they have higher bands and proceed from there. Single op stations
> do likewise.
> Before the limited multi category was established, there was
> enough random activity on 1296 so that the guy running that station
> called CQ periodically, and got answers. There were "activity hours"
> for each band. The limited multi rules caused a big drop in stations
> active on 1296. That, combined with computer logging, enabled more
> efficient running up the higher bands (at least for multi op
> stations) The result today is that there are almost no random
> contacts on the bands above 432 here. They are all sent up after
> working them on a lower frequency.
>
> 73
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian" <w4as@bellsouth.net>
> To: "VHF Contesting Reflector" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Post-Contest Grid Square Queries
>
>
>> First, I admit I'm a newbie when it come to contests of any kind. As
>> I've mentioned before, this was the first contest I have ever
>> seriously participated in. I didn't go in there planning to win
>> anything, just to have fun and work as many stations as possible. If
>> I win something, great, if not; I won't be disappointed. I already
>> got the fun out of it that I wanted. My 2 meter & 440 rotor wouldn't
>> cooperate so I wasn't able to use those bands.
>>
>> Now on to the purpose of this email:
>>
>> 2.1.3. Use of spotting assistance or nets (operating arrangements
>> involving other individuals, DX-alerting nets, packet, etc) is not
>> permitted.
>>
>> I'm not a lawyer. I think the above sentence is very clear. No
>> outside assistance or arrangements are to be used to work other
>> stations.
>>
>> My conscience is clear, but I must admit that I didn't dwell on this
>> rule during the contest. I didn't feel a need to use DX Sherlock, or
>> even the DX clusters, because there was already a lot of activity on
>> the band. But those stations that claim dozens of contacts on 1.2
>> GHz
>> and above; you can't expect anyone to believe that those stations
>> just
>> happened to be on there listening for you. Now if those contacts
>> were
>> arranged prior to the contest, does that make them 'legal'?
>>
>>
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