[CQ-Contest] M/Ms spotting from home and by friends

[Kelly Taylor]

Hi,

It would seem to me that a few rules speak to this issue:

The first is the reference to station location and the requirement that all
equipment, including antennas, be located on the station owner's property or
within a 500-foot radius, whichever is greater.

If you participate in activities for the benefit of your M/M effort from
your home either as part of a M/M team or as a friend of an operator in the
Caribbean (different residence than station), is this rule not then being
violated?

Another is the rule that in various forms essentially says that an operator
can use only one call for the contest. Now, in fairness, I think this rule
is applied according to situation: in other words an operator who leaves the
station to pick up food then calls back on 2m for directiosn to the pizzaria
would be fine, if technically in violation.

I think someone who goes home and uses his call to pad the packet spots
would invite enforcement.

I also think that depending on how the request was made, the prohibition
against using non-amateur means to solicit contacts may also apply.

So yes, I'd have to say the practice of encouraging others to spot you
violates rules on a few levels.

But I don't see how pre-contest publicity violates any rule, especially
given the long-standing practice of DX-pedition anouncements.

73, kelly
ve4xt