Les,
It is only self-spotting if you spot yourself; i.e., "N1LF on 50.150"
while you're calling CQ.
Spotting someone else as you described is considered good form, even for
a non-assisted single-operator.
The key is to not receive assistance yourself.
73, Dave/K8CC
On 7/21/2014 8:06 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
Color me confused when it comes to the rules regarding assistance
during the CQ VHF contest.
Let me ask this as a hypothetical question instead of re-reading the
new rules again.
If I work N0IRS during the contest on 6 Meters as a random
contact...just happened to hear J.D. calling CQ and worked him. If I
then post that contact to the DX Maps or the 6 Meter reflector--am I
in violation of the rules? Is that defined as self-spotting?
It seems to me that if that is a violation of the rules, then
"allowing" all classes of operation to use the reflectors is largely
pointless.
Frankly, I'd like to see the ARRL & CQ recognize that VHF isn't the
same as HF. It would be great to have at least one major contest per
year that allowed contacts to be "arranged" using any means available
but that required participants to certify that the actual QSO was made
100% using RF.
The fact is that it would be easy to game the system, if you were so
inclined, and the rules are largely unenforceable anyway. In the end,
it's all about your personal honor. And most of us simply want to make
as many contacts as possible. We're not interested in winning or
losing, but rather having fun. More contacts = more fun.
When it's open, 6 Meters actually hurts us in this regard, because it
does behave like an HF band. During an opening random contacts are
easy to make. I think many of the HF contesters play on 6 Meters and
think that all of the VHF/UHF landscape operates like that.
Can someone provide some clarity?
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