anything that your imagination makes you believe that it is. C'mon, people, cutting through all the sophism we each know what the definition really is. -- Definition: "Assistance" is an organized me
My definition (which I think most would chose to say is reasonable) includes the phrase ?organized method?. 73 es GL in the test, de Hans, K0HB -- and "just" (who, where, when)? That seems to meet th
only "organized methods". One can certainly "assist" randomly. And if you are the target of a 'random assist', must you then DQ yourself? If so, I can't wait to hear some of you guys in the next tes
Bartender, I'd like a double of whatever Coslo is drinking. Mmmmmmm yummmmmmmmm! That stuff is excellent. Now let me see if I can talk like him. "Anyone who answers your CQ is assisting you, therefo
No polite way for me to break this news to you. If you believe that >any< of those examples should place your entry in "Assisted" or "Multi-Op", then you are one of less than a dozen people on the p
getting No more so than a blind man using a seeing-eye dog. 73 es beep beep, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
Check the help files, Mike. All the software I've used (CT, WriteLog, etc.) either allows it by default, or allows it with an option switch. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- ____________________________________
called Aha! There's the answer. That masked fellow wasn't >assisting< me, he was Sunnuvagun! Thanks, Randy! 73 es beep beep, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
reality is that if I was calling CQ in SS, and someone randomly drops by and says "hey Oven, VY1JA is up 10 if you need him", I would not hesitate to go up 10 and work Jay. How could I ignore that i
He wasn't >assisting< her. He was >teaching< her. She was >learning<. (Thanks, K5ZD) 73 es beep beep, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Yeah, probably most people! "VV" is cut for "44" 1 ·- A 2 ··- U 3 ·-- W 4 ···- V 5 ··· S 6 -··· B 7 --&midd
Send "? CALL ?" -- If he's moved on, then he's NIL. 73, es Beep beep, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.
the switch Ward (or whoever said it) might be mistaken. I've never seen any rule which prohibits such a maneuver. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory." ________
although, You have described >persactly< what I do when I get down to the short rows in SweepStakes. The ARRL rules governing this state..... 2.1.Single Operator: One person performs all transmittin
Mike, that's so funny I splurted coffee all over my monitor when I read it! Carried to it's logical extreme, you couldn't even call "CQ SS" because someone might hear you, spot you, and that assista
as PS: "And also, dear Providence, protect me from heart attacks I might suffer from mountain climbing in these mole hills." 73 es beep beep, de Hans, K0HB __________________________________________
I fully subscribe to rules 2, 3, 4, and 5 of your list below. But I consider 'directional' or 'needed section' CQ's (item 1 on your list below) as a legitimate tool to attract the attention of needed
As much as I like the remaining 4 points in your proposal, as a competitive (small "c") contester I'm not inclined to abandon this legitimate tool. That some minority of contesters have convinced th
500 usec after the published deadline. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/list
That's a pretty small focus group out of over 2,000 competitors, and some of us not in that "audience" might not be persuaded their opinion ought to have any special weight anyhow. As I mentioned in