Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:18:39 -0000
Hi Art, I was just commenting on your statements. You pointed out that 4 keystrokes could get you around the band from spot to spot without having to touch the tuning dial. I merely stated that if th
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:21:37 -0000
I am not the source of that entire passage but I think you misunderstood my point. You CAN CQ/ask for a specific zone, prefix or mult and be unassisted. You CANNOT ask someone/anyone to tell you whe
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:25:26 -0000
Technically, no, because it is not a dx spotting network. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:54:08 -0000
Yep, you're right, which illustrates how ambiguous these rules are and how nit-picky things can get because of it. Personally, I'm with you. If someone casually says that a rare or hard-to-get mult
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:23:18 -0000
I think that you should have to actively seek out assistance, such as requesting dx info during contacts or connecting to a cluster, to be categorized as "assisted". This, as far as I'm concerned, i
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:34:22 -0000
Hi Ev, Wow, first NASCAR and now softball. Sports... is there any problem they can't solve? :) Anyway, as it states in the rules you provided, it is a judgement call... not de facto. "Umpires will be
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:43:24 -0000
Thanks for that, Mike. I was going to say that from now on my call in contests was going to be VOAHE and my report in CQ contests would be ENN E, which would increase my QSO rate by a large amount, b
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:53:08 -0000
Yep, now we're on the same page. And, by all means (well, not ALL but you know what I mean), work me if you can. :) 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 03:16:50 -0000
The first one in any zone is a mult but in your own country it has no additional direct point value. Ultimately, it's worth as many points as you get in total. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ______________________
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:40:51 -0000
It doesn't matter. Unless it is proven that you coordinated with one or more others to get this info or you are DIRECTLY connected to or using a spotting network, you are unassisted according to the
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:28:31 -0000
The passage you've quoted seems to be contrary to what you are proposing. "The only time" alludes to when a group or individual makes a conscious affort to skew the results to the advantage of anoth
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:32:46 -0000
<SNIP> Good Point. Once the rules of a contest state this, I'll be happy to comply. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:39:03 -0000
Yep, part of the fun of SS for me is trolling the bands looking for someone looking for a VO for the sweep. I got no problem with that and I try to make the contact whenever I hear it. I would have
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:45:09 -0000
Now I'm confused. A few weeks ago I believe it was Ward N0AX who stated that contacts could not be made using a mode not included in the contest for the purposes of arranging contacts for the contes
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:55:01 -0000
<SNIP> Sorry, George, but it isn't. Tree has repeated referred to random comments given without request as being "assistance". This the the whole point of this discussion. To ask is to request assis
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:01:45 -0000
Kelly, That's a very interesting point. Be kinda crappy to be on just looking for a sweep and have someone ruin it by trying to help. Maybe that's why it isn't forbidden in the rules. 73 -- Paul VO1H
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:26:12 -0000
Technically, you are requesting assistance therefore it *should be* considered grounds for entry in the "Assisted" category. However, it is not the direct use of a spotting network, unless you want
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:38:36 -0000
You hit the nail on the head. Some ops use the year of first licencing of the station. Some use their own first year and others use a random number. As long as it's consistent throughout the contest
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:52:26 -0000
Thanks Al, Looks like you've answered the question for everyone. Refer to the definition of "spotting assistance or nets" as outlined above. "Operating Arrangements" alludes to a preconceived plan a
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:20:24 -0000
So, if you happen to overhear someone tell someone else that VY1JA is on 14265 in the last 10 minutes of the contest and you still need that one for the sweep, you'll shut your rig off because, even