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Re: [CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS

To: w5gn@mxg.com, 'Radio K0HB' <kzerohb@gmail.com>, CQ Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:50:47 -0600
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Can you please site the misinformation in my post?

Can you site the rules that allow you to operate more than 24 hours in sweepstakes? Where is the written official notification to all contesters that this is now an accepted practice? The sponsor stated an opinion to a select individual or group. If the rules have changed then simply update them on the website so EVERYONE is aware of it.

Mike W0MU

On 10/29/2013 6:25 AM, w5gn@mxg.com wrote:
I agree that MU is more interested in spouting misinformation that
sharing useful comments, and sealawyering is the appropriate label,
when he tries to pick apart the rules for scoring to create his
own constraints that the sponsor has clearly defined don't exist.

Barry

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio 
K0HB
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:36 PM
To: W0MU Mike Fatchett
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS

The contest sponsor has stated that you can operate beyond 24 hours but only 
your first 24 hours will be scored.




Thus there is no competitive reward to the station which operates more than 24 
hours, yet if a player elects to continue to dispense Q's (especially in a 
scarce mult such as VE4) it is a benefit to other players.  There is no 
downside that I can discern, other than the overtime station may actually boost 
the score of a direct competitor, thus disadvantage themselves.




The sea-lawyering in protest puzzles me, particularly when the sponsor has 
blessed the practice.




73, de Hans, K0HB

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:19 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:

The rules are pretty clear.  Apparently what they are doing wit the
logs is contrary to the rules.  Maybe the rules should be more clearly
written.  Why have rules that you don't enforce?
It is pretty clear that the rules say to operate 24 of the 30. They do
not say if you operate more than 24 hours your score will be
determined by the first 24 hours of operation.
So what is it ARRL?
Mike W0MU
On 10/28/2013 2:24 PM, Ed Muns wrote:
It may be against your interpretation of the rules but it is how the
ARRL handles the logs.

Ed W0YK


Kelly VE4XT wrote:

That might work for WW with a 'classic' overlay, but it's against the
rules in SS. They specifically say off time is 'without operating.'

2.4. All entries may operate no more than 24 of the 30 hours.
2.5. Off periods may not be less than 30 minutes in length.
2.6. Times off and on must be clearly noted in paper logs. In
electronically-submitted Cabrillo logs, off-times are calculated by
the log-checking software.
2.7. Listening time counts as operating time.

When your 24 hours are up, they're up. The rule was designed that way
to prevent operators from working the entire contest and only
claiming credit for the best 24.

There's no provision for operating more than 24 hours and only
claiming 24 hours, nor is there a provision for leaving the receiver
on so as not to miss a band opening.

Which doesn't mean you cannot start a separate entry by operating at
a different location under a different call sign and starting at zero
QSOs and zero mults.

73, kelly
ve4xt




On 10/28/13 12:44 PM, "Ed Muns" <w0yk@msn.com> wrote:

Please don't submit two logs under the same callsign, each from a
different
part of the contest period.  The most recent submitted log will
replace
all
prior logs.

Instead, include all QSOs in one log and let the log check software
score the first 24 hours.  No one is penalized for operating beyond
a time
limit.
The additional QSOs are not counted in your score, but they are
needed to verify the other logs.  Any QSO left out will cause a NIL
in the other
log.
Ed W0YK



Hans K0HB wrote:

Submit a log for the first 24 hours; then a second check log for the
remaining Q's.  Who would fault the ethics of that?

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