[CQ-Contest] Is this the way to "teach" budding Contesters?

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/5/03 6:19:52 AM Greenwich Standard Time, wd4ahz at gte.net 
writes:

> The Field Day rules clearly state ...
> 
> "9.3. Remember that the national simplex FM calling frequency of 146.52
> MHz should not be used for making Field Day contacts."
> 
> 
> This potential contesters introduction into contesting, and he's 
> "coached" into breaking the rules!  Nice way to set an example.
> 
> Yeah, some will say "lighten up" ... but rules are rules ... they apply 
> to everyone all the time ... not just when folk feel like following them.
> 

Ron is right of course.  But as a ham of 40+ years, and a contester for most 
of them, I must plead ignorance about this rule.  Quite posssibly the coach 
for the aspiring contester was ignorant too.  We all make mistakes from 
ignorance.

Bill K4XS