Was it planned?
If it was planned, I'd certainly have a query about ethics. And that's not
to say that anything was positively right or wrong, but I'd certainly raise
an eyebrow and ask some questions.
If it was unplanned, spur of the moment... I wouldn't make a mountain out of
a molehill over it.
With that in mind...
More than once over the years in the Pa QSO Party, I've had someone ask me
if I'd like a frequency while they take a break... be it to check a band,
take a short "relief" break (what type of "relief"? Use your imagination),
answer an unexpected phone call or door bell, grab a bite to eat...
whatever. [Keep in mind & in context that this type of friendly behavior is
encouraged in this contest, which is not necessarily the case in others].
In every case it's been unplanned, and when the other station returned to
the frequency, I returned the courtesy and gave it back.
I've also done the same when I needed to take a moment... and sometimes when
I was called S&P by a "rare" station that others needed, I'd give up my
frequency to give others a shot. Again, without elaborating ad infinitum ad
nauseum, this particular contest encourages this type of behavior.
Others don't. In most major DX contests, if I chose to give up a frequency
for any reason, I have no expectation (reasonable or otherwise) to get it
back. And should I hear someone leave a frequency for any reason, I would
think that they'd have no reasonable expectation to reclaim it. (Which
doesn't stop someone from telling me that it's "their" frequency even though
they announced they were leaving it... but that's another thread for another
time)
The bottom line on all this, though, is that if this is a deliberate attempt
to coordinate on-air operations between two contest stations, even if it is
an ethical problem, it is up to the ethics of the induhviduals involved to
properly categorize their operations.
In other words, if someone is trying to push the envelope into a rules
definition beyond the intention of the contest sponsors, and as such gain an
unfair advantage (for whatever good it does them), they have to live with
the consequences. And if it results in an unearned (and thus hollow)
victory, they have to live with the consequences of that as well.
Is winning at any and all costs worth it?
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Muns
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:12 PM
To: n2ic@arrl.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is holding QRG's legal?
It's beyond Single-Op "Unlimited" and is Multi-Op behavior.
Ed - W0YK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
> Sent: Monday, 23 November, 2009 05:47
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is holding QRG's legal?
>
> This kind of garbage has been going on for years in the major
> DX contests.
>
> Adds a new meaning to the "Unlimited" class, doesn't it ?
>
> I don't suppose you have a recording of this ?
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> Hal Kennedy wrote:
> > Maybe I'm uninformed - but I figure this violates some rule in SS.
> > Heard yesterday afternoon on 20M:
> >
> > Station A has a nice run going.
> > Station B calls in - an obvious buddy - maybe the same club?
> > Station A: "Hey, hold the freq for me for a while, I wanna
> go check 15"
> > Station B: "Sure." Station B starts a run.
> > 40 minutes later, Station A comes back on - "Okay, done on 15, Ill
> > take it back"
> > Station B: "It's all yours, happy to help"
> > Station A: Restarts his run on 20.
> >
> > For those curious, I didn't quit for 40 minutes just to
> listen to this
> > - besides SO2R I have a third receiver here, which I parked on the
> > freq to see if the guy ever really came back - he did.
> BTW, since I
> > have the QRG, calls and times, it is VERY EASY for the log
> checkers to
> > verify once they know to look....
> >
> > Is this really okay? If so, I need some helpers.
> >
> > Hal
> > N4GG
> >
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