That probably depends on who you ask or falls into the if you have to
ask it probably is category.
Getting CW spots would alert you to band openings so I would say that
yes it could be considered assistance.
The contest effort is probably not all that serious if you are more
interested in worked a DXpedtion. If you think you are going to win
then turn it off and win the contest and work the DX later.
It can become a slippery slope. In the end only you know what you did.
Why not just pick assisted and watch all the spots you want. A piece of
paper with assisted on it is still good!
I run a cluster. If I have to do some maintenance on it would that
reclassify me. Probably not unless I used something I saw while fixing
whatever it was.
W0MU
On 10/28/2017 4:07 PM, John Geiger wrote:
Since we have been talking about contest DQs and the spirit of the rules
and such, here is something which I have wondered about. Suppose I am
operating in a SSB contest, and I set up DX Summit to only show me CW
spots, because I am looking for a certain DXpedition (like 3C1L) or want to
look for new band or CW countries since I am not making a serious effort in
the contest.
Would this put me in the assisted category? I am not getting spots about
any particular station in general, at least not on stations in the SSB
contest. I might, however get some information about which bands are open
to where.
Or suppose I set up the cluster to only show WARC bands activity?
73 John AF5CC
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