[CQ-Contest] Another gratuitous SS-CW trick

[John Geiger]

How about in VHF contesting, where rovers post their
route ahead of time? Or getting on the local repeater
announcing your rover route?  Or announcing at the
club meeting or club saturday breakfast that you are
going to be running the VHF contest on these bands?

73s John NE0P

--- TOMK5RC at aol.com wrote:

>  
>  
> In a message dated 11/14/2004 7:48:09 AM Pacific
> Standard Time,  
> geoiii at kkn.net writes:
> 
> 
> -  Making skeds before the contest.
> - Sending emails 'reminding' people to  work me in
> the contest. 
> - Warming up a frequency 30 mins before the 
> contest. 
> (I will get on and tune around a bit and work some
> guys to  find out
> if my junk works)
> - Using other bands in the 10  meter contest or in a
> single band effort
> to find stations and move  them to the band I am on
> for the weekend.  
> - Using databases of past  exchanges or callsigns.
> SCP etc.
> - Using packet to fill up the band maps  before the
> contest starts 
> and then turning it off - when  unassited.
> - Running my amp when I am low power in an effrot to
> get to  
> the 150 or 200 watt limit.
> - Having my friends feed me callsigns  that no one
> else will work.
> 
> 
> 
> Which ones are "cheating" and which are "pushing the
> envelope?"
> It's pretty clear from this thread that we aren't
> going to get a consensus  
> any time soon.
>  
> Tom  Taormina, K5RC
> Virginia City, Nevada
> Contesting from the Comstock
> W7RN  - K7RC
> _www.ConsultPR.com_ (http://www.consultpr.com/) 
> 
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