[CQ-Contest] Re: Bad practices identified

[Scott Robbins]

>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:28:37 -0400
>From: thompson at mindspring.com
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Bad practices identified

>I have run into two bad practices on holding a run
>frequency.

>With the advent of SO2R and/or 2 VFO transceivers its
>common for a contestant to leave a run frequency to
>work a multiplier and return.  However, if the
>contestant leaves a frequency open for over 60
seconds
>then I feel its fair game.  I found a open slot in a
>recent contest and in the midst of the third QSO
>another station came on and told me this was his
>frequency.  He had been gone for at least 90
>seconds.  I told him to find another frequency.

Dave, I run SO2R for every contest - and from that
perspective, I agree with what you have said.  I'd
shorten that time down to about 30 seconds.  If you
leave to work a mult and can't make it back within 30
seconds to reclaim your run freq. then you (I?) run
the risk of losing it.

A question, (this has happened to me as recently as
the IARU last weekend) - what are the ethics involved
with this scenario:  I am CQing, work someone, then
quickly arrange to have them QSY to another band.
Immediately, someone hears this and starts calling
CQ on my frequency (tries to take it).  My response
usually is to just continue to call CQ and hope I
can still get the mult on the other band.  I'm sure
the opinions are all over the map on this one, but
if you say you're going to QSY, does that IMMEDIATELY
give the right to someone to try to take over your
run frequency?  I am not stating an opinion either
way as I understand the motivations involved from
both sides of this event.  Any thoughts?  



>The second practice is having someone hold the
>frequency (pre-arranged).  I feel that if this is a
>single operator then the log is subject to being
>moved to multi operator.  Fortunately this is not
>a common practice, and its hard to prove.  It borders
>on illegal and is poor sportsmanship.

Sounds like a disqualification to me, or at least a
movement to multi-op status.  I've never noticed that
scenario before in a contest, personally.  Maybe it's
the same guy holding his own freq. with a different
callsign transmitting on two bands simultaneously?

Scott Robbins, W4PA




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