ARRL SSB Contest - I did a picture of my Yaesu dial
and my CQ QRG behind a glass of wine, using
Facebook.
Wasn't thinking about "self_wine_spot" but N2IC
(my brother from New Mexico) call me and at the
same time, I change photo privacy from "public"
to "only me". Will disclose it tonight.
You can do that fantastic W2RE work in social
media, but it's easy - don't show your dials.
73 DX from Jaboticabal, SP Brasil.
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PY2NY / SP9NY / V26NY - Vitor Luis Aidar dos Santos
http://military-jeep-brasil.blogspot.com.br/
Em qua., 11 de mar. de 2020 às 11:31, Edward Sawyer <
EdwardS@sbelectronics.com> escreveu:
> Some of you may not be aware of an interesting and different even that
> happened last weekend.
>
> W2RE of well known RHR fame, decided to not only provide live streaming of
> his contesting effort, but tied it into the activity he has been doing
> since early January which is fully integrating the on air DX activity into
> Facebook and youtube channel streaming. Ray has done a wonderful job of
> integrating social media with HF on air activity as part of promoting RHR
> and DXing in general. You cant argue that this benefits the hobby in
> general.
>
> However, the rules of the contest state that "contacts cannot be solicited
> by non-amateur means". Examples are typically given but those examples are
> not exhaustive. The intent of the rule, I believe, is that you should have
> people calling you by the normal discovery process that all of us use. Not
> a special method no one else is using.
>
> Ray, to his credit, was not showing his transmit frequency ion the video.
> And I personally believe there was no intention of using this additional
> channel to gain an advantage. At all. However, if you look at the
> activity generated on the facebook page - a couple of million hits since
> early January (bravo Ray) - its hard for me to rationalize that there is
> not a direct pick up of Qs based on this parallel activity. Casuals, which
> are a huge part of running up the Q totals in any major DX contest, may be
> listening to the channel and say, I wonder how loud I am verses these other
> guys Ray is working. And look up on the cluster to find Ray's frequency
> and give a call to hear themselves. That is exactly "soliciting a contact
> by non-amateur means". Not overtly - like give me a call if you are
> watching - but by "advertising" and letting the rest happen on its own.
>
> I think it is a wonderful idea on its own. But it does not compete fairly
> with those just playing the game by the rules as intended.
>
> CQ WW used to have an unlimited class, maybe they still do. Maybe we need
> an unlimited class to promote this "multi channel" contesting. But mixing
> it up with normal contesting just doesn't feel right to me.
>
> What do others think?
>
> Ed N1UR
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