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

[George Fremin III]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:25:34PM -0800, Ken Widelitz wrote:
> 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;
> 
> I believe all other scenarios are covered by the existing rules. This
> gentlemen's agreement does not apply to the Unlimited or Multi category.

I can agree to all of this - in fact this is how I have been operating the 
contest for ... well either all as long as I have been doing it 
or at least as far back as I can recall.


-- 
George Fremin III - K5TR
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