[CQ-Contest] Looking in the mirror

[Bob Henderson]

Pat

The answer is No.

The reason is that the data was prepared pre-contest.

A single operator is a single operator during the contest.  You can have as 
many helpers as you wish prior to the start of the event including the whole 
membership of your local radio club, your wife, grandmother and Santa Claus, 
if you so wish.  Just so long as when the contest starts, you're operating 
on your own.

Bob, 5B4AGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Hoppe" <phoppe at wi.rr.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Looking in the mirror


> Since you are on the subject of "assisted" or not... What about these
> partial call data bases?  Some of us copy the whole call and ask for a
> repeat (or two) if needed.  Would using a partial call database or a
> database from last year's contest to fill in the exchange constitute 
> getting
> assistance?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know...
> Pat
> WW9R
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tree
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Looking in the mirror
>
>
> Shelby - K4WW writes:
>
>> IMHO, all of this becomes moot, if, after any/all contest(s), you can 
>> look
>> yourself in the mirror, and be convinced that, regardless of the 
>> category,
>> you did everything within your power to "observe all competition rules 
>> for
>> fair and ethical operation as well as all regulations for Amateur Radio 
>> in
>> my country." I was taught, very early, that operating within the spirit
> and
>> intent of the rules was far more important than the score, or the
> placement
>> of that score, among all others! So far..."it works for me"!
>
> I think part of the problem is that we have different tints on our 
> mirrors,
> and what one person might think is an okay practice is seen as being not
> okay by someone else.  One of the great values of a list like cq-contest, 
> is
> that we can discuss some of these finer points and hopefully have some 
> kind
> of
> consensus on what is, and what isn't, accceptable.
>
> I believe that those stations who are in contention to make the top ten, 
> or
> a new record, need to hold themselves up to the highest interpretation of
> the
> rules.  If WB5WBW who is trying to work a clean sweep with 100 watts and a
> dipole happens to ask WB5BWB across town if he has found VE8/VY1 yet, that
> isn't such a big deal.  However, if I was operating W5WMU and needed a
> multiplier, I would think everyone would have the expectation that I would
> do that without asking anyone for help.
>
> If I started saying: "Where is VE8?" and someone looked at their packet
> screen and told me - is that not getting assistance in spotting?  This 
> isn't
> even a gray area in the rules in my opinion.  It gets worse on SSB, where
> the loud stations often have an audience during the contest - and many of
> them are happy to help out if they have the opportunity.
>
> Tree N6TR
> tree at kkn.net
>
> PS: The correct answer to someone asking where VE8 is - would be:
> "Between VE7 and KL7".  :-)
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