I have to agree with W0MU here. This issue comes down to what your *intent* truly is. The rules need to focus on "intent" to finally clarify this issue. If you *intend* to be helped by another operat
Paul, There's more to it than that, and it has to do with participating with others in a social activity. Not everyone is competing to win something in a contest. Many just enjoy participating when n
I fail to see what difference it makes to anyone else what check a person decides to send or not. If the rule is enforced or not - so what? In the SS exchange it is designed to represent the # of wor
Paul, There's a lot to this issue, and perhaps it will take a long time for it to become an "expired equine". The big stations spot a lot so they help all the little guys who are helping them. They d
N2WN asks: "Ummm, what's the point of a contest, if not to compete?" To participate! Just being part of a global activity is something to enjoy on its own. Lets face it, if it was all about seriously
Bill, Your reply has failed to answer my question. I'll rephrase it: Please tell me what difference it makes to anyone whether or not this specific rule is enforced? The league has said that they don
"Since you mention lawyers, you lead to another potentially serious problem for the ARRL. In the legal world precedence is as important as anything, and the ARRL has already set a bad precedence. By
It's not that I don't agree with your answer, but your answer was discussing "the very basis of civilization" so I am mystified by it. The CK in SS has nothing to do with "the very basis of civilizat
The headband led lights are great, and I have one of them too. I have another type of flashlight that I bought about 5 years ago that has several other features that make it attractive for travel, ex
With apologies to Shakespeare and to those who don't like long messages. Enough has been said about this and other subjects recently, and I think it is time to put this behind us. How can we do that?
Why would you do that? You would reduce your score when you did not make an error. If you know the other guy worked you (there is no possibility he worked someone else that you may not have heard) an
Wait a minute! "Packet, 2m spotting network or in shack spotting by another is all assisted." In shack spotting by another is multi-op. (More than one operator!) Using packet is assisted. Big differe
One of the biggest problems with this is that it can serve to provide information to someone who wants to cheat - by claiming unassisted and cheating by monitoring of real-time breakdowns. As a Singl
How is cheating a non-issue? I am anxious to be better informed. 73, Bob W5OV "As a Single-Op, I could watch what a multi-multi is doing (who is posting their breakdown) on which bands and make my ba
I'm sorry - I thought you were responding to my message where I pointed out that the potential of using of using scoreboard to cheat is an issue. I didn't say cheating was a non-issue. I said the sco
Kelly, While I agree with you in principle, the problem comes in when you are considering assisted / non assisted categories. It is not that I need to be in competition with K1TTT in order to cheat a
Self-spotting is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and unless a contest's rules specifically permit it (is there one that does?), it should not be done. 73, W5OV Hello, Just a question about next CQ
The place to draw the line is at what CQ WW defines as active or passive use. Passive use of packet is permitted, active use is not permitted. Very simple, and *all* contests should adopt that standa
A StackMatch is not intended for this type of installation (K8UR parasitic array). This is like saying a hammer has something wrong with it since it needs to be modified to drive a screw. 73, Bob W5O
spots. How is this active use? What are you doing? You are passively monitoring what is coming through the packet system. This is passive use. This is much simpler than you are contending. 73, Bob W