My current belief is that propagation data sites like
-the aurora oval picture
-Hepburn map predictions
-WWV SFI A and K info
-muf plots
-E's cloud maps
-NWS radar images
that have no specific real time station callsigns displayed with them, are
OK to use, and are within the letter, spirit and intent of the rules. These
don't solicit, suggest, or pre-fill info on working a specific station right
now. If my belief is not correct, I'm certainly open to hear about it.
The site you mention does show callsigns if you mouseover the color bands.
(But I really don't know if those are unworkable stations like beacons or
repeaters or include indicators from stations now active in that location.)
Discussion of specific examples of ok's and no-no's really helps make it
clearer to me, much more so than trying to parse the meanings of words in
multiple sets of rules as an attorney might-hi.
73
Chet, N8RA
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of kb8u vhf
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:04 AM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions
Do people think it is ethical to use the internet to get National Weather
Service radar images to assist in knowing where to point a 10 GHz dish for
rain-scatter propagation during contests when all other aspects of the
contact are facilitated over the air? Exclude the 10 GHz and up contest
since the rules for that one say anything goes.
How about use of the real-time propagtion map at
http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/path.cgi?map=na ?
Neither give the callsign or frequency of anybody you could work so I'm OK
with them but I'll stop if I'm in the minority.
-Russ KB8U
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