[CQ-Contest] Another angle on assisted versus "being helped"

[K0HB]

>
> A few weeks ago I believe it was Ward N0AX who stated that
> contacts could not be made using a mode not included in the contest for
the
> purposes of arranging contacts for the contest; for example... while
> operating in a SSB contest, checking into a CW net to get stations to
switch
> to SSB for contest contacts.
>

Ward (or whoever said it) might be mistaken.  I've never seen any rule
which prohibits such a maneuver. 

73, de Hans, K0HB
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