[CQ-Contest] Another gratuitous SS-CW trick

[Bill Coleman]

On Nov 14, 2004, at 12:28 PM, Jim Cain wrote:

> 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.

So, Jim, are you one of the contest judges? Can you show me where in 
the rules or give a reference from a contest judge where this scenario 
comes into play?

You can't accumulate operating time outside of the contest period. 
Listening (or operating) before (or after) the contest starts (or ends) 
doesn't count.

> 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.

So long as you worked the contact after 2100z, there's no cheating.

> How can this even be in question?

That's just what I'm thinking.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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