About two hours before the opening bell I bring my station out of cold-iron status with a final check of antennas, software, etc. In the final hour I tune all the open bands and populate my bandmap w
The comments below are NOT intended as a personal slam on Hans, since I recognize that this is widely practiced (and Hans is an all-around good guy !). -- This should be treated no differently than l
N2IC responds: Interesting notion (I disagree, but it's still interesting). Let's take this a step further then. B4 the SS phone weekend I populate a "mental bandmap" with the Sunday QTR/QRG of sever
Anything you do BEFORE the contest starts is CLEARLY DIFFERENT than what you do during the contest, according to the rules. According to the rules, BEFORE the contest you can use the phone or interne
slam,) tuning Warming the Neither listening before the start, nor warming up a frequency, was allowed in the 3 WRTC's that I competed in. I think that sets a pretty good example for the contest comm
This is very different. When you are scoping out traffic nets, you have no idea whether a specific individual will be there, who will be receptive to your contest advances. Loading up a bandmap befo
Or would looking at the DX cluster right before the contest (but not during the contest) to see where certain stations are being spotted put me in the Unlimited category? 73s John NE0P http://lists.c
True, the WRTC rule was there was no listening or transmitting prior to the contest. No other contest of which I am aware currently has that rule. I believe the purpose of that rule with regard to th
Baloney. Once the contest starts there is NO guarantee that any station will come back to you even if you have a "warmup" QSO and get a "S9+20" report. Pre-contesting warmup is NOT contesting. It's n
Steve, I would support the idea of not warming up a frequency before the contest, and not listening, but what timeframe do you propose? That would have to be specified in the rules. One hour certainl
operating when the Kinda like a bunch of dogs peeing on fire hydrants..."staking out their claims" :-) I agree with rules if they are clearly written and thorough. Sometimes rules need changing or am
Much as I would like to see everyone abide by a uniform set of rules, and certain borderline-unethical practices stopped, it doesn't make a lot of sense to impose rules where there is no means of det
I also would have no problem with a rule like that - I dont think I have started any contests in recent or not so recent memory with a frequecy more than a minute before the contest starts. -- George
mmmmm.... I have found that there are all sorts of things that might not be explicity prohibited by the rules but that many people do not do - some of these activites are clearly frowned on by other
-- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb the I don't think the WRTC shoot-outs can be used as a "Gold Standard" against which to compare other contest rules. When every other contest includes an impart
- Making skeds before the contest. - Sending emails 'reminding' people to work me in the contest. - Warming up a frequency 30 mins before the contest. (I will get on and tune around a bit and work so
Listening and/or transmitting in the time (minutes? hours?) leading up to the official starting time of the SS is operating, and must be added to the 24 hours of allowed operating time for SS. If you
Today, unfortunately, rules without enforcement mean nothing. Doug Dick Green WC1M wrote: If unenforceable rules are made to satisfy someone's sense of what's honorable, those who do not share the sa
Exactly. I would go a step further. The no listening/transmitting rule should be "no contacts for 30 minutes". This can be verified (+/-) by submitted logs. It's not morality. It's just a RULE. Now i
How can the time before the contest starts be counted as contest operating time? How can this even be in question? Jeeeshh!!! 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT Listening and/or transmitting in the time (minutes?