One of those DQed is a YB who made about 50 QSO's, and may not even
understand what self-spotting is. But the worst that happens to a USA
contester, who knowingly or carelessly works stations out-of-band, is
that he/she loses the QSO and gets a slap on the wrist.
That's simply a message to USA contesters that, in the future, they have
nothing to lose (except possibly the QSO) if they work stations out-of-band.
Steve, N2IC
On 04/13/2017 03:50 AM, w5ov@w5ov.com wrote:
Out of band: Most out of band qsos were disallowed for those who were out of band for
the QSO in question – this was applied globally. Often, one party is legal on
a frequency, another is not. Those who operated out of their band were penalized and
given no credit for those qsos / mults. No one was DQed for this offense regardless
of country / zone etc. Some who exhibited excessive carelessness about this matter
were given formal warnings.
Along with the other absurdities, the thought that USA / VE was given any favor
is again completely without any merit.
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