> I'm surprised that contest sponsors haven't gotten on this with
> technology, not just for multis but for SO2R/3R/4R as well. There is an
> inexpensive gadget out there called the Time Machine
> (http://www.expandedspectrumsystems.com/prod2.html) that permits recording
> 80 KHz of any amateur band for 6 hours at a pop. Set up two with some
> care (making sure both VCRs were time-synched to the same TV station) and
> you could document this sort of rule violations with absolute impartiality
> and accuracy. Just the threat of such a thing might clean up a lot of the
> violations.
And then someone claims the tape is fixed, and the argument becomes between
different individuals, and another mess erupts that contest sponsors and
organizers don't have the time or energy to want to get into the middle of.
There was a rather well-known W6 who used to tape his operating on long
running VHS for review (and to claim total accuracy), but it never worked as
far as the ARRL Contest Branch was concerned.
If there are people out there who are breaking these rules, let's simply
agree not to work them in any contests until they learn the lesson. The best
policing of our contesting community is what we do ourselves.
73,
Warren, NF1J
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