Re: [VHFcontesting] The Rover Resource Page updated!

[Art <ky1k@pivot.net>]

> I do not find that at all unfortunate.  Radio contests should not be
> about using the telephone or the internet to make contacts.  They should
> be about using the radio to make contacts.


I don't find it unfortunate either, but I'd like to work everyone I can. I 
don't mean that I want to exchange info over the phone. And, I don't mean 
to start a debate. Of course we use the radio to make the contacts, my 
message was meant to make others aware that HF radio and the availability 
of inexpensive digital modems for HF radios might provide a means for 
coordinating prospective contacts WITHIN the rules set forth by the contest 
sanctioning body.

I don't propose to circumvent the rules by finding a covert way to use the 
internet or something along those lines. I seek to stay within the rules by 
suggesting that an HF 'party line' spotting system might be feasible and 
practical these days. Using amateur HF links IS within the rules and there 
is nothing wrong with using amateur radio to coordinate contacts on other 
bands.

Thanks for your support.

Art 


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