They are running low power from Finland near the bottom of the solar cycle.
I don't think there is much danger of this activity effecting the overall
competition!
Randy, K5ZD (VY2ZM this weekend - without any special offers)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tippett
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:32 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: [The Daily DX] DX SUMMIT AND THE
> FINNISH TREASUREHUNT
>
> Does this bother anyone besides me?
>
> >DX SUMMIT AND THE FINNISH TREASURE HUNT OH2W, OH4W, OH5W,
> OH6W, OH7W,
> >OH8W and OH9W
> >
> >
> >The Elisa Radio Club of Finland is managing the original
> world-renowned
> >DX Summit, and you may have noticed that their heading includes the
> >callsign of the group who operates the DX Cluster "OH9W".
> >
> >This coming weekend marks another interesting event when the
> DX Cluster
> >will be employed to support the WRTC-2006 (World Radiosport Team
> >Championship) OH qualifying run for 24 hours during the CW/SSB IARU
> >Radiosport Contest that is sure to penetrate the bands.
> >
> >OH9W along with six (6) other W (Whiskey) callsigns will
> compete with
> >low-power stations to capture the honors for Finnish team captain of
> >the
> >2006 WRTC event. You are invited to try to log these seven
> stations by
> >following this DX Summit link:
> >
> ><http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/wrtc.html>http://oh2aq.kolumbu
> s.com/dxs/
> >wrtc.html
> >
> >
> > From the above link you can move to the DX Summit Main Page
> and send
> > your own spots and compete for honors to be one of the stations
> > producing the highest number of spots during this event.
> >
> >If you manage to work all seven stations, a professional video
> >featuring the WRTC-2002 event will be yours at no cost. The
> competing
> >captain candidates - OH0XX, OH1JT, OH1NOA, OH2UA, OH4JFN and
> OH6RX -
> >will appreciate your call on all bands.
>
> While not technically violating the rules, this
> seems to violate the sprit of the rules to me.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/iaru.html
>
> 6. Valid Contact:
>
> 6.4. The use of non-amateur radio means of communications
> (e.g. telephone or the Internet) for the purpose of
> soliciting a contact (or contacts) during the contest period
> is inconsistent with the spirit and intent of these rules.
>
> 6.5. Use of self-spotting techniques on packet or other
> mediums are inconsistent with the spirit and intent of these rules.
>
> I assume the OH*W stations will disqualify
> themselves from any sort of competition with other countries
> because of the advantage created by their free video incentive.
>
> Just call me old-fashioned!
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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