[CQ-Contest] Random acts of kindness, Unassisted Categories, Rules, etc.

[Jim George]

To K5TR's question at the end of his post...

That's pushing the moral compass way past the strict definition of "one 
operator doing all the logging and operating." The contest organizers 
should add some wording to make this "asking and receiving information over 
the air" illegal. That's one more thing I like about high level CW 
competition; that stuff is much more difficult and rare.

Jim George N3BB

At 08:44 PM 12/4/2006 -0800, George Fremin III wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 05:53:29PM -0800, Tree Tyree N6TR wrote:
>
> > So Ken - maybe I have been shouting too much and I missed what you have 
> been
> > saying?
> >
> > Do we agree that:
> >
> > 1. If you are asking where to find the VY1.
> > 2. Someone comes along and tells you were to find it.
> > 3. You go off and work the VY1.
> >
> > That this is assistance?
> >
>
>Let me give a more explicit example.
>
>-----------------------------
>Consider this:
>
>I (K5TR) am in the SS.
>
>I still need West Texas and KP4 for a sweep.
>
>I am call CQ and running guys.
>
>Someone calls in and we exchange information.
>
>I ask him, "Do you know where West Texas and/or KP4 are?".
>
>He either does not or does not answer.
>
>I keep running guys.
>
>A few contacts later I work someone else.
>
>I ask him, "Do you know where West Texas and/or KP4 are?".
>
>Still no information.
>
>I keep running guys.
>
>Someone comes by and tells me that NP4A is on 21.354.
>
>I dial my second radio to 21.354 and work NP4A.
>
>--------------------------------
>
>
>Can I still enter as a single op unassisted station?
>
>Yes or No
>
>I would like to see a show of hands on this question.
>
>
>--
>George Fremin III - K5TR
>geoiii at kkn.net
>http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr