[CQ-Contest] Assisted?

[Bill Tippett]

NS3T wrote:
>I was doing my normal S&P during the ARRL DX SSB and was asked
>by some European DX stations if I had access to the internet - 
>in order to spot them.
>
>But I felt it raised an interesting question - if that station is running
>unassisted - is that possibly a rules violation in that category?
>I assume I wasn't the first or the last person asked to do that.

        Definitely not allowed per ARRL General Rules at:

http://www2.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html

"3.14. In contests where spotting nets are permissible, spotting your 
own station or requesting another station to spot you is not permitted." 

                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV