Hi Paul, good to work you in the contest this past weekend.
It my understanding that the general opinion supported by the League is
that a Single-Op can not use any form of operator assistance by external
means (other than by direct radio communications). I believe this relates
to the interpretation of General Rule 3.10. I base this opinion on recent
work on the rule change to allow rovers to use APRS and who can use that
APRS data (Single-ops can not). This would rule out Single-Op use of
Internet tools like you have suggested. I would think a strict
interpretation of this would also rule out the use of Internet based tools
like K0SM's Rain Scatter to check to see if a path exists. Not saying I
agree or disagree, but I think this is the Leagues interpretation, and I
defer to the Contest Manager and his management. Someone who isn't
planning on submitting a contest log COULD use these really fun tools &
still play in the contest .... they could also submit a check log.
73, Jon
W0ZQ
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