"Mr. Wardster", N0AX, wrote:
> Um, is it just me or does making a spot with "Please spot [pick what you
> need]" or "I need [xxx]" qualify as a solicitation of contacts?
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>From the ARRL Contest General Rules at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html:
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.
That includes U and M class stations in the Sweepstakes.
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What if you are simply making a "statement" with no frequency involved vs. a
brute solicitation
to call you on the phone or send a needed mult to 14.xxx?
Isn't the use of packet as a "receiver" of information only actually a form of
"solicitation by proxy" ???????
I seem to recall making one post in the rush of things that simply exclaimed
"Need NL for #80!" or
something like that, but no frequency listed. Where does that leave me at this
point? Is that 100%
absolutely positively grounds necessitating withdrawl of my log submission? It
seems a bit "fuzzy".
My understanding of the rule meant I couldn't use Internet "email" to a buddy
and ask him to call me on the phone if he
heard something I needed.
Yes, methinks now that receiving packet spots is actually "solicitation by
proxy" ... maybe ;-(
Tnx & 73...
Rick, K6VVA
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