Radio Cops

[george fremin iii]

: As a cap pistol instead of a big gun, I must be missing something here, too.
: Why, in a competitive situation, would I want to give any advantage to my
: competition by spotting a juicy multiplier?  Rule issues aside, it
seems a

If you are running a multi-op station you want to spot
stuff so that the ohter multi-ops and DXers will spot stuff
for you.  It is a give and take.  I think it is great to be helping
eachother. 
 
As a non-assisted single op I have spotted dx "blind" from within
CT - I did this to help the local multi-op stations that were doing
the contest - most of whom are either my friends or memebers of
my contest club.  In fact I like to set CT up as SOA and then issue
the commands "SET/NODX" & "SET/NOANN" to the cluster - that way
the cluster does not waste bandwidth sending me dx or announcment
spots.  This lets me get the WWV numbers, SH/SUN etc.  

-- 

George Fremin III
Austin, Texas C.K.U.                        
WB5VZL
512/416-0140
geoiii at bga.com

>From modular!liddy!eric at cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson)  Wed Sep 21 16:11:00 1994
From: modular!liddy!eric at cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) (Eric Gustafson)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 08:11 MST
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <m0qnTKr-00009oC at liddy>

To: arizona!ccd.harris.com!dsnowden
CC: cq-contest at tgv.com
In-reply-to: <9409211259.AA324052 at rs2> (arizona!ccd.harris.com!dsnowden)
Subject: Re: Discone Antennas


Doug,

A discone is many things but it is NOT a low angle radiator.  It has a
pattern that is maximum at an elevation angle near +20 degrees.  In fact
the elevation pattern of the discone is one of the main reasons (along with
bandwidth) why they are seen in military and commercial service mostly at
airports.  It is a wonderful antenna for talking to airplanes from the
ground.  Compared to a ground plane, the gain is similar but the elevation
angle is higher for the discone.

73,  Eric  N7CL

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>From Steve Harrison <sharriso at sysplan.com>  Fri Sep  9 06:40:51 1994
From: Steve Harrison <sharriso at sysplan.com> (Steve Harrison)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 17:40:51 +30000
Subject: MQH DID HE KNOW OR NO
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.90.940921172232.10093A-100000 at eagle>

On Wed, 21 Sep 1994, Robert Neece wrote:
> 
> >Was Alan responsible for the conduct of his operator? Yes, according to 
> >both the FCC and the contest sponsors, the owner of the station is held 
> >responsible. 
> 
> In Alan's case, as I understood the posting, the guest operator used the
> operator's callsign, not the station owner's callsign.
> 
> In these circumstances, Steve, is it your belief that if I invite someone 
> to operate my station using his callsign, I am, in the eyes of the FCC and
> each contest sponsor, just as responsible for the operator's actions as I
> would be if my own callsign were to be used?
> 
> If that is your belief, what provisions of Part 97 or the rules of
> the various contests (or, for that matter, specific decisions of "the
> courts"), support your view?
> 
My mistake..yes, Alan did say the guest used his own call sign. Obviously, 
the guest operator was solely responsible for his operating. However, had
he used Alan's call, then both would been responsible as I stated.
73, Steve KO0U/4 <sharrison at sysplan.com>