Isn't this just an extension of the "If your wife brings you a sandwich, you
better enter as assisted" argument?
I see nowhere in the rules is there a prohibition on accessing propagation
information. Nor do I, in my 25 years of ham radio, perceive any suggestion
that the ephemeral "spirit" of contesting forbids it. (The only POSSIBLE
exception, and it would be a stretch, IMHO, is the WW DX rules that say use
of DX alterting assistance of any kind places the op in the assisted class.
Whether that's to mean propagation intelligence we'll have to wait and see.)
I also see nowhere in here any suggestion that ZoneProp provides specific
frequency information nor provides any guarantee that if it says there
should be a path to VR6, there will be a VR6 there to work.
Indeed, it can't even guarantee that if conditions suggest there SHOULD be a
path that there actually WILL be a path.
Also, at the levels where this MIGHT make the slightest bit of difference, I
suspect the operators are too busy juggling both radios and already KNOW
what's open where anyway.
Yes, the rules PROHIBIT using non-amateur means of communication TO SOLICIT
QSOs. They do not contain a blanket prohibition on use of non-amateur means
for the duration of the contest for any reason.
Syl, however, is right: the ONLY opinions that matter belong to the various
contest sponsors. I await their judgment.
73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Molinari" <guy_molinari@hotmail.com>
To: "VE5ZX" <ve5zx@hotmail.com>; "CQ-Contest Reflector"
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ZoneProp REMINDER
> Nice work Syl, shouldn't here be a prominent message reminding everyone
> that they are in the assisted category if they use ZoneProp?
>
> 73 - Guy, N7ZG
>
>
>
>> From: ve5zx@hotmail.com> To: cq-contest@contesting.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov
>> 2006 12:11:26 -0600> Subject: [CQ-Contest] ZoneProp REMINDER> > ZoneProp>
>> > Zone to Zone Propagation information will be available for the CQWW cw
>> from> Radio Sport Canada> http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/> > ZoneProp
>> uses an widely accepted propagation engine to determine the band on>
>> which a contestant in one CQ DX zone is likely to be able to contact a>
>> contestant in another CQ DX zone taking into account the current
>> geomagnetic> activity.> > ZoneProp produces a 40 zone by 40 zone matrix
>> that is updated hourly at> approximately 20 minutes past the hour. The
>> intersection between a row and> column gives the band on which a
>> contestant in the zone represented by the> row is mostly likely able to
>> contact an contestant in the zone represented> by the column.> > The zone
>> numbers in the left hand column are clickable. Once> clicked the
>> information for that zone is displayed in isolation above a map> of C
> Q DX zones. The pages are refreshed every 10 minutes in order to capture>
> hourly updates of the matrix> > For technical details see>
> http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/manual.php> > ZoneProp is designed for
> high speed Internet access using IE 6/7 or a recent> release of FireFox.
> It has not been tested in other browsers or on slow> speed (e.g. dialup)
> Internet access.> > Syl> > Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX> Saskatoon, SK> >
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