The rules should be that any intentional excursion outside the bands should
result in the log being reclassified as a checklog. Repeated violations can
result in a DQ and ban.
At least that's the way I would do it, given that one op at a multi-op went
down to the non-US phone segment on 40 to tell me to move further away from
his run frequency. Unidentified of course, because he knew he was breaking
the rules.
Ria
N2RJ
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Scott Robbins via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> It's not only the United States. Numerous Europeans and others made
> contacts out of band on 40m during the contest as well. There was the
> option to disqualify everyone who made even a single out of band contact
> from the United States or Europe. This did not happen.
> If you submitted a log that said you made a contact out of band and you
> reported the frequency accurately in the log as such, we took the position
> that you have made an error in violation of the rules *that has been
> reported truthfully*. Those contacts were removed from your score. It is
> at our discretion to decide this - it's codified in the rules in section
> XII. D.
> If you changed the frequency in your log in an attempt to hide that you
> made an out of band contact, now we have a problem that has to be delved
> into further. That's the kind of behavior we are trying to stop.
> Scott RobbinsW4PA
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:53 AM, ve4xt at mymts.net <ve4xt at mymts.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If there is, as apparently there is, evidence of multiple incursions by
> US
> > stations into forbidden band segments, in violation of US law, why zero
> DQs?
> >
> > Why isn't the law-and-order contingent clamouring for justice? If the
> > message is "break the rules and you'll be DQd," isn't US federal law a
> > significant rule Americans should be expected to obey?
> >
> > Especially since many, it seems, persisted in completing the Q after
> > having been warned they were out of band. I can see if a station does it
> > once, and isn't warned. Hard to claim brain cramp if it's repeated, or is
> > done after a warning.
> >
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