[CQ-Contest] Internet/WebCam in the contest?!

[Peter Bowyer]

I don't think you can realistically describe a simple webcam as either a
'real-time internet broadcast' or a means to solicit QSOs - a tiny still
picture which updates every five minutes, no audio....come off it. It's a
bit of fun.

As has been pointed out, if the webcam starts to be used to show the
frequency display on the rig or the direction the rotator's pointed in then
it's straying towards solicitation. But that's no reason to comdemn it.

Peter G4MJS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Barkey" <PBARKEY at gw.bsu.edu>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: 02 October 2000 21:55
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Internet/WebCam in the contest?!


>
> >> Web cam sounds like a wonderful experiment - right in step with
> the long
> >> tradition of  other 'amateur' radio experiments. Also, the
> amateur radio
> >> community could benefit from a higher public view of our
> contesting activities.
>
> Attaching an outboard motor to a sailboat is also a wonderful
> experiment, but its completely outside the technology of
> sailing,
> as is a real time internet broadcase outside that of running
> a contest on the shortwaves.
>
> Competitive contesting is about you and your radio station.  If
> you're
> competing that's all you 'd better be using.
>
> Per part XII of the CQ WW rules:
>
> "The use by an entrant of any non-amateur means such as
> telephones, telegrams, internet, or the use of packet to SOLICIT
> contacts during the contest is unsportsmanlike and the entry is
> subject to disqualification. "
>
>
>    - Pat
>      N9RV
>
>
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