[CQ-Contest] SS Gentlemen's Agreement re: Assistance

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Widelitz" <widelitz at gte.net>
To: "Cq-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS Gentlemen's Agreement re: Assistance


> Given the recent discussion regarding what constitutes assistance, I 
> propose
> those of us on the reflector who have made it into the Top Ten box, or who
> strive to do so, enter into a gentlemen's agreement for Sweepstakes, above
> and beyond the published rules and our personal interpretation of them, 
> that
> we will abide by the following:
>
> 1. We will not call CQ indicating a needed section;
> 2. We will not solicit, over the air, during the contest, information
> regarding a needed section;
> 3. We will not set up schedules prior to the contest;
> 4. We will not request, prior to or during the contest, that we be passed
> any unsolicited information during the contest;
> 5. We may act on any information overheard on the air so long as we have 
> not
> solicited that information in any way;
>
"on the air".  Meaning what?  On 2 meters?  On HF?  Isn't this essentially a 
spotting net???

73 Rich NN3W