I vaguely recall a mention here of one aspect of KH6IJ's (SK) gentlemanliness: He would keep on going in SS after he ran out of time, just to give more people the multiplier. I was thinking about tha
HOW ??? Do I know that VE4EA has used all his allowed operating time ? Rex I vaguely recall a mention here of one aspect of KH6IJ's (SK) gentlemanliness: He would keep on going in SS after he ran out
Submit a log for the first 24 hours; then a second check log for the remaining Q's. Who would fault the ethics of that? _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con
I think for award and scoring purposes, that I read somewhere that you can operate MOST Of the contests the full 30hours of SS and 48 hours in other contests but the log checking computers will count
You can't do that. They will only accept one log per call sign. If you submit a second log, it will overwrite the first one in the database of logs received - see the last sentence in the confirmatio
Please don't submit two logs under the same callsign, each from a different part of the contest period. The most recent submitted log will replace all prior logs. Instead, include all QSOs in one log
Hi Art, Glad to have you visit us. Hope you have a good contest. What you propose, however... It's against the rules. Sorry. Plain and simple. The rules clearly state that off time means without oper
That might work for WW with a 'classic' overlay, but it's against the rules in SS. They specifically say off time is 'without operating.' 2.4. All entries may operate no more than 24 of the 30 hours.
Well I was asking the guy at ARRL that gave the SS webinar Mike DeChristopher, N1TA /Contest Branch Manager /I was asking him this morning a few questions, and one of them was..... One more question.
Don't make this more complicated than it needs to be. For all contests I know that have limited time of operation (SS, WPX), the log checking will calculate the operating time and stop scoring when y
It may be against your interpretation of the rules but it is how the ARRL handles the logs. Ed W0YK That might work for WW with a 'classic' overlay, but it's against the rules in SS. They specificall
The rules are pretty clear. Apparently what they are doing wit the logs is contrary to the rules. Maybe the rules should be more clearly written. Why have rules that you don't enforce? It is pretty c
Huh? I think the log checking is enforcing the 24 hour time limit just fine. How else should they handle a log that is over time? DQ the entrant? The rule sets a time limit to the operating period. I
It harms no one? Anyone working guys after 24 hours is giving out "phantom" points that should not count. So VE4 or any one should be able to continue to give out that mult and/or points after their
The contest sponsor has stated that you can operate beyond 24 hours but only your first 24 hours will be scored. Thus there is no competitive reward to the station which operates more than 24 hours
I don't say this because I disagree with the current practice of only counting the first 24 hours for those who go over, though I recognize others have an issue with it. I just wish, because it would
Phantom points? This is intriguing. Exactly who is being treated unfairly here? And how so? What if someone makes an honest mistake and he or she thinks he or she took 6 hours off, but only took 5. S
The point of my posts is to point out much like Kelly has done that the rules and practice are not aligned. ARRL and CQ and others can score their contests anyway they like. They can run the contest
Can you please site the misinformation in my post? Can you site the rules that allow you to operate more than 24 hours in sweepstakes? Where is the written official notification to all contesters tha
Actually, it often is. Having served on the CAC for a number of years, as well as with NCJ, it is not always as easy to articulate the rules as you might think. Many of the rules can have multiple in