Notice that I didn't specifically say that any out-of-band QSO should
result in a DQ.
A more appropriate penalty, for CQWW, would be to deduct 3 more QSO's
for every out-of-band QSO. This is the same penalty as a not-in-log
(NIL) QSO. This would be a logical penalty for an out-of-band QSO, since
the QSO should never have occurred in the first place. An even great
deterrent, short of a DQ, would be to deduct 3 additional multipliers if
the out-of-band QSO resulted in a new multiplier.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 04/13/2017 10:34 AM, Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com
<mailto:n2icarrl@gmail.com>> wrote:
One of those DQed is a YB who made about 50 QSO's, and may not even
understand what self-spotting is. But the worst that happens to a
USA contester, who knowingly or carelessly works stations
out-of-band, is that he/she loses the QSO and gets a slap on the wrist.
That's simply a message to USA contesters that, in the future, they
have nothing to lose (except possibly the QSO) if they work stations
out-of-band.
I'd like to suggest that wandering out of band during a contest, while
illegal and against contest rules, could happen to any contest team.
Picture four guys who have planned to run a contest for a year and they
have allowed a new, aspiring, contester to join them. In the heat of
battle this individual makes a contact out of band. It is caught and
not duplicated and represents an "honest mistake." I wouldn't DQ
someone for this.
On the other hand, self-spotting is an overt action that would not
likely be accomplished "accidentally." Anyone who has participated in
contests knows it's against the rules and a DQ-level event, primarily
because of the multiplicative effect (each deviation from the rule can
result in many contacts, quickly). If someone is new and does it, not
having read the rules or realizing it's an issue, they simply blow their
first contest, apologize and move on. Yes, that sucks, but you're
likely to make this mistake only once.
I think the character of these is different enough to warrant different
behaviors from the organizers. Just to add to both of these, ask any
accomplished contester these two questions: "Have you EVER transmitted
out of band?" and "Have you EVER self-spotted in a contest where it's
against the rules." My bet is that most will fess up to the first and
say they accidentally tuned up out of band or hit the wrong button on
the radio, etc. and have done this at least once, said "whoops!" and
fixed the problem. I suspect the answer to the latter is "never."
Steve, N5AC
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