Looking up a callsign on QRZ can be considered assisted if the contest uses any
of the information provided as part of an exchange; name or state are the most
common, counties are used in state QSO parties.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
> On Jun 3, 2023, at 1:57 AM, Doug Bates <kv4zy.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Art,
> I don't claim to know all, but it strikes me as strange that a callsign
> lookup on any database could be against any rules. The nearest thing I can
> think of that may be anywhere near related in the rules of some contests is
> forbidding "Assisted" where contesters follow a cluster to find contacts
> that are currently reported as being on. Callsign lookup does not seem to
> me to be anywhere close to using a cluster to find contacts. But what do I
> know:)
> 73 & God Bless
> De KV4ZY
>
>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 9:24 PM Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On the N1MM reflector somebody asked about how to use the "QRZ" button
>> during the contest for calls that don't appear in the "check" window. I
>> guess he was talking about the SCP or CHF data files loaded into N1MM.
>>
>> A few people commented that looking it up on QRZ.com (or some other online
>> database??) during the contest was against the rules.
>>
>> I don't see any difference between using an online databas and using SCP
>> and CHF (except that SCP/CHF is faster).
>>
>> What do you wise people think?
>>
>> 73, art K3KU
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