[CQ-Contest] Fwd: [The Daily DX] DX SUMMIT AND THE FINNISH TREASUREHUNT

[Dale Putnam]

Right on Bill!! It not only bothers me... it has me thinking about not 
getting on...
or entering any OH stations... in my logs. Until such time as they want to 
play fair.
What does that hurt? Not me, for sure, however if there are some OH stations 
that
feel they might like a qso with Wy, for some such reason, maybe they should 
play nice.
But just in case, there are some many other Wy. stations that get on.. 
surely they won't
miss one out of .... say 6 or was that 5?
Simply nice... and fair... would work!

--...   ...--
Dale - WC7S in WY

>From: Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
>To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: [The Daily DX] DX SUMMIT AND THE FINNISH 
>TREASUREHUNT
>Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:31:44 -0400
>
>          Does this bother anyone besides me?
>
> >DX SUMMIT AND THE FINNISH TREASURE HUNT
> >OH2W, OH4W, OH5W, OH6W, OH7W, OH8W and OH9W
> >
> >
> >The Elisa Radio Club of Finland is managing the original world-renowned 
>DX
> >Summit, and you may have noticed that their heading includes the callsign
> >of the group who operates the DX Cluster "OH9W".
> >
> >This coming weekend marks another interesting event when the DX Cluster
> >will be employed to support the WRTC-2006 (World Radiosport Team
> >Championship) OH qualifying run for 24 hours during the CW/SSB IARU
> >Radiosport Contest that is sure to penetrate the bands.
> >
> >OH9W along with six (6) other W (Whiskey) callsigns will compete with
> >low-power stations to capture the honors for Finnish team captain of the
> >2006 WRTC event. You are invited to try to log these seven stations by
> >following this DX Summit link:
> >
> ><http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/wrtc.html>http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/wrtc.html
> >
> >
> > From the above link you can move to the DX Summit Main Page and send 
>your
> > own spots and compete for honors to be one of the stations producing the
> > highest number of spots during this event.
> >
> >If you manage to work all seven stations, a professional video featuring
> >the WRTC-2002 event will be yours at no cost. The competing captain
> >candidates - OH0XX, OH1JT, OH1NOA, OH2UA, OH4JFN and OH6RX -  will
> >appreciate your call on all bands.
>
>          While not technically violating the rules,
>this seems to violate the sprit of the rules to me.
>
>http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/iaru.html
>
>6. Valid Contact:
>
>6.4. The use of non-amateur radio means of communications (e.g. telephone
>or the Internet) for the purpose of soliciting a contact (or contacts)
>during the contest period is inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
>these rules.
>
>6.5. Use of self-spotting techniques on packet or other mediums are
>inconsistent with the spirit and intent of these rules.
>
>          I assume the OH*W stations will disqualify
>themselves from any sort of competition with other
>countries because of the advantage created by
>their free video incentive.
>
>          Just call me old-fashioned!
>
>                          73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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