--- On Wed, 5/27/09, James Duffey <JamesDuffey@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: James Duffey <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Changes to VHF Contest Rule - A brief note
> from your Dakota Div VUAC Rep
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Cc: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 10:30 PM Sean - Am I correct in
> assuming that if one operates more than the 4 lowest bands and submits
> a Limited Rover log only and check logs for the higher bands, that
> they cannot use the additional higher bands to generate contacts for
> the lower bands? That is if a station is on 1296 and someone calls him
> and tells him he hasn't worked on 222 MHz and they subsequently move
> to 222 MHz and make a contact, then that puts him in the Classic Rover
> category?
You are correct. A station may not use bands on which they are NOT
COMPETING to solicit QSOS on bands on which they ARE competing. If
you're a Limited Rover and work somebody on 6 Meters, you can ask them
to QSY and work you all the way up to 432 MHz, as you are competing on
those bands. A station crosses the line when they solicit QSOS on bands
they are not competing on.
If you want to hand out QSOs on bands above 432 MHz as a Limited Rover,
knock your socks off, but you have to do so with the understanding that
you need to submit them in your log, you will not be able to claim those
QSOS for contest points or multiplier credit, and cannot ask the other
station to work you on 432 MHz and below. If a station is caught
engaging in that practice, that station will be moved to the "classic"
Rover category.
> Also doesn't your interpretation encourage category shopping? Which I
> think is bad. A station can operate 6 bands say, watch the 3830 list,
> the various reflectors, and the logs received after the contest to see
> how he did against the competition in the two categories he could
> enter. Then, determine if he has a better chance of winning the
> Limited Rover or Classic Rover category and submit his logs
> appropriately? - Duffey
I agree that "Category Shopping" is unethical practice.
That practice has been around for quite a while. The ARRL dealt with
that a few years ago by not displaying claimed scores on the Logs
Received page until after the log submission deadline had passed. We
have no control over the contents of 3830.
Ethics, as one well-known contester put it, is what you do when nobody
else is watching. How would you feel if you engaged in category shopping
and were discovered? Only one's own conscience can answer that.
73,
Sean Kutzko, KX9X
Contest Branch Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111-1494
Telephone: 860-594-0232
Fax: 860-594-0259
email:skutzko@arrl.org
Read the "Notes From The Contest Branch" blog at www.arrl.org/blog
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