[CQ-Contest] Another gratuitous SS-CW trick

[Bob Naumann - N5NJ]

As much of a stickler as I am for the "spirit of the rules" and contest ethics, I must agree with Ken on this.

In 31 years of contesting, warming up on the air *before* a contest starts has never been an issue, nor have I ever imagined that it would be.

I know many top contesters who do exactly that, and have for years and years.

Is there some misunderstanding that people are logging these qsos and rubber clocking?

I'm sorry, I don't get this one at all.

73,
N5NJ

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "Ken Widelitz" <widelitz at gte.net>
> To: "Jim Cain" <cainjim at mindspring.com>, cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Sun, Nov-14-2004 3:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Another gratuitous SS-CW trick
>
> How can the time before the contest starts be counted as contest 
> operating
> time? How can this even be in question?
> 
> Jeeeshh!!!
> 
> 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Listening and/or transmitting in the time (minutes? hours?) leading up 
> to
> the official starting time of the SS is operating, and must be added to 
> the
> 24 hours of allowed operating time for SS.
> 
> If you listened to 10 meters before SS began and homed in on NWT or 
> Alaska
> or whatever, sat there, and worked it at 2100Z, and didn't count it as
> operating time, you cheated. Even if you are just casually operating 
> and
> maybe looking for a Sweep, you cheated yourself.
> 
> How can this even be in question?
> 
> Jim Cain, K1TN
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