rules instead of trying to fabricate them where none exists. At a time when we should be doing all we can to encourage the use of our frequencies by amateurs, that this kind of activity is shat upon
I've wondered about this. It doesn't fall under the FCC's "pecuniary interest" rules? I would think that such things as bottles of wine for finishing at a certain level would even be covered under th
It's hardly the first time for "incentives". How many people recall sometime in the early 80s when Martti OH2BH offered a bottle of Madeira wine to anyone who worked him at CT3BZ on six (five?) band
If you take "incentives" far enough, that piece of paper from the contest sponsor would count. This thread has run its course. 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT _______________________________________________ CQ
OH2BH offered a bottle of Madeira wine to anyone who worked him at CT3BZ on six (five?) bands in a contest? << Isn't that "soliciting QSOs by non contest means"? Yuri ________________________________
Fewer will recall when a college kid named "Chip," operating from W7RM, used the plea in SS phone 72(?) "Rush (Drake, station owner) is paying me a buck a QSO and I need the money for college." Somet
OH stations aren't bound by FCC rules, nor am I. However, I think you may be overinterpreting the framer's meaning of the term pecuniary interest. If you were to use 144 FM to dispatch cement trucks,
How about the wine bottles in CQP or Ten Tec Jupiter as a prize in WAEDC? Should these be banned also? With that logic we should also prohibit the pre-contest announcements. Lighten-up fellows and j
Be careful about who you use as an example. When he went to XF4 in the late 80's he promised T-shirts to anyone who worked them all bands 160-2(satellite). I have the cards but still waiting for the
Hey guys, what part of promoting activity (getting more stations on the air this weekend) do you not understand? The OH guys never metioned anything about spotting them. It's all about promoting acti
Too bad his score was so low he wasn't able to finish college. Who knows, had he been able to graduate he might have been able to land a lucrative career in business. :) Hi Chipper. 73, Bob W7BJ Fewe