Allowing M/S unlimited band changes (the same as a single op running SO2R)
is an open invitation to abuse. Consider the following scenario:
Someone running SO2R can be running on one band, and use the second radio to
hunt for QSO's on a second band. It takes some skill and concentration to
make this happen, and as rates go up, it becomes harder. You are copying
part of a call on the second radio, and you get a call on the first one.
Oops - one call will be lost... Thats SO2R in a nutshell.
Now lets look at would happen in a multi-op setting. We would have two ops
doing the same thing. Lets add in a lockout device for good measure for one
signal at a time, but essentially we could have two stations running at the
same time - just takes a bit of co-ordination to keep in sync, but higher
rates that a single op could pull off seem like a foregone conclusion. No
more interruptions from the main radio, so no lost calls.... Heck - we
could add in a few more stations and ops for good measure without increasing
operator loading - a limiting factor with SO2R.
How would we police this? The logs look the same.
While we all like to believe there are no ethically challenged folk in our
midst, I think we both know this is not the case.
Anyway - something to consider...
Tom - VE3CX
I agree that using lockout systems to game the rules such that two stations
> are really active at the same time, interleaving QSOs, the dreaded
> "octopus," is unethical. That's what provoked the various ten-minute and
> band-change limits. NCCC got it right with CQP, limiting the number of
> OPERATOR CHANGES per hour. But please let whoever is in the chair have the
> same band change flexibility as a Single Op, including SO2R.
>
> The argument that you can’t police operator changes is specious. We can’t
> police the number of operators at all. We can’t police power. We don’t even
> police location unless there is an egregious violation. So why police band
> changes? Let ‘em happen! If someone uses an octopus to cheat, they’ll be
> discovered eventually. Then DQ all participants for five years.
>
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