[CQ-Contest] Holding a Freq Before a Contest

[Mike Coslo]

Fabian Kurz wrote:

>On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 12:48:05PM -0500, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
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>>Has there ever been a claim in any of the well thought out rules by the 
>>major sponsors that "holding a frequency" before the contest is 
>>unsportsmanlike or against the rules?  I have not seen any such claim made 
>>(unlike things like pre-arranged scheds which are clearly stated as against 
>>the rules).
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>AFAIK only in the WRTC the participants are not allowed to either
>transmit or listen for 15 minutes before the contest.
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(devils advocate here)  15 minutes? Why not 30, of 60 or a whole day?

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>>I ask this to solicit opinions.
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>I don't think it would be a good idea to install such rules. I don't
>find it unsportsmanlike at all, since everyone has the same chances
>and the right to do it before a contest, and just like in the contest
>itself it will be not more or less difficult to find a good spot on
>the band.
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    Agreed.

>Furthermore it would be very difficult to ensure that this rule is not broken, and there are many cases where it's difficult to say if the rule was broken or not.
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    Also agreed. I'm firmly convinced that the more unenforcible rule 
there are, the more respect for the rules is eroded.

    - 73 de Mike KB3EIA -