[CQ-Contest] Log checking questions

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

No.  He isn't.

Nobody governs the operations of my station except the 
FCC and the contest sponsor if, and when, I choose 
to "enter" the contest (i.e., submit a score).

If I turn on the radio and hear N4ZZ working the NAQP, 
I am under ZERO obligation to reduce my power to 100 
watts.  Similarly, in a strange quirk, if I'm not in 
the contest then I don't even have to cede my 
frequency in Sprint...

73 Rich NN3W
--- Original Message ---
From: K3BU at aol.com
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Log checking questions

>In a message dated 12/18/2005 4:47:37 PM Eastern 
Standard Time, 
>W4EF at dellroy.com writes:
>>>I am clearly saying that if you are not 
>officially in a contest, then you don't need to 
follow the rules of the 
>contest. Why would you? If I am not sending in a log 
for a contest 
>with mandatory off-time, why would I need to take off 
time. I am not 
>competing with anyone. I am just a ham radio operator 
making QSOs. <<
>
>
>"Pardonme" said the detective.
>If one makes contacts in the contest, exchanges 
reports, he is not in the 
>contest?
>Like if I entered Tour the France on the Ferrari, 
just to give out "points"?
>Oooopps! Must be ham radio, things are weird (ooops, 
different)!
>I guess asking to obey and behave by the rules of the 
contest, if one enters 
>(sending log or not) is out of wack. Let the flames 
begin!
>
>Merry Christmas and a Happy Whatever to all!
>
>Yuri da BUm
>
>I must be overwhelmed by all the comotion about 
contesting lately, I had no 
>guts to enter even SP contest, I figered I let 
someone with real time logging 
>win. I can't realtimelog, so what's the point of 
entering if no one can follow 
>me. 
>Well, seriously, the point is that ..... tooooo much 
eggggnoggg
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