[CQ-Contest] Keep it to yourself: The only consistent method

[Paul J. Piercey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Gilmer
> Sent: December 5, 2006 15:50
> To: CQ-Contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Keep it to yourself: The only consistent method
> 
> KR2Q wrote: 
> > If you call CQ WY or CQ zone 40, then that is NOT assisted.  If you 
> > end up working that sought after mult, it is because of YOUR action 
> > directly with the other party.
> 
> You have still made a defacto plea for Good Samaritans
> 
> to send you Wyoming stations.
> 
> To wit: What if some Good Sam hears you call CQ WY and
> 
> later on, while the Good Sam is running himself, a WY calls 
> him and then your Good Sam tells the WY to go to
> 
> your frequency?  Or that same Good Sam posts your request on packet?
> 
> This is why Tree's suggestion to not mention needed mults AT 
> ALL is the only consistent method.  Can there
> 
> be anything simpler?

Sorry, Mike, but I gotta disagree on this one.

There is NO mention of anything in any rule that I have looked at that
expressly forbids selective calling. As I said in another posting, if you
want to enter SS and work nothing but MDC stations, there is nothing to stop
you from calling "CQ MDC only". If someone interprets that as a cry for MDC
and directs one or more to your frequency, that is not your concern. The
only way to eliminate it is to put it in the rules as a specific item.

73 -- Paul VO1HE