[CQ-Contest] The Difference Between Rules and Ethics

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

1.  Is a bottle of Maderia wine for working an individual station on all
bands excessive?  Unless it's really cheap wine, and it doesn't sound like
it, yes, I'd think so.

2.  Is a bottle of California wine to the top out-of-state scores for the Ca
QSO Party excessive?  No -- and not relevant to an individual station
offering an out-of-the-ordinary benefit for working them.  This is offered
by the sponsors of the contest, and is an incentive for OOS stations as a
whole to operate -- not to contact one station in particular.  And how does
one disqualify an entire contest, anyway?

3.   A T-shirt for working 100 Italian stations in the WAIP?  Again, if this
is being offered by the contest organizers, not relevant.

4.  Dayton prizes, Yaesu hats, and Kenwood logbooks?  Oh, c'mon, that's not
even got anything to do with a contest.

73, ron wn3vaw

"You are a fluke of the Universe
You have no right to be here
And whether you can hear it or not,
The Universe is laughing behind your back"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis McAlpine" <dennis.mcalpine at verizon.net>
To: "Silver Ward" <hwardsil1 at mindspring.com>, <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Difference Between Rules and Ethics
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:34:43 -0500

So what constitutes "substantive"?  Is a bottle of Maderia wine for working
s a station on multiple bands "substantive/"  How about the CA QSO Party
where the top out-of-state scores receive a bottle of CA wine.  Do you
disqualify the entire contest for that?  I must confess I did not declare it
on my tax return.  How about a tee-shirt for working 100 Italians (running
only 300 watts of course) in the WAIP Contest?  Maybe we should do away with
door prizes at Dayton.  And, maybe forget the free hats at Yaesu.  Say, what
about the freebie Kenwood log books?   Once you go down this road, it ay a
hard one to navigate without running into some potholes.
73,
Dennis K2SX

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