[CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Re: ZoneProp REMINDER

[Paul J. Piercey]

Forgive me for asking but how could the use of a propagation forecaster,
which is about as accurate as weather forecasting, be considered
"assistance" as far as the contest sponsors are concerned? Does that mean
that getting the solar indices before or during the contest is assistance
too? Isn't this getting a bit out of control? If this keeps up, pretty soon
having books on contesting will be considered assistance.


73 -- Paul VO1HE  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Guy Molinari
> Sent: November 24, 2006 20:10
> To: VE5ZX; CQ-Contest Reflector
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [CQ-Contest] ZoneProp REMINDER
> 
> Nice work Syl, shouldn't here be a prominent message 
> reminding everyone that they are in the assisted category if 
> they use ZoneProp?
>  
> 73 - Guy, N7ZG
> 
> 
> 
> > From: ve5zx at hotmail.com> To: cq-contest at contesting.com> 
> Date: Fri, 24 
> > Nov 2006 12:11:26 -0600> Subject: [CQ-Contest] ZoneProp REMINDER> > 
> > ZoneProp> > Zone to Zone Propagation information will be 
> available for 
> > the CQWW cw from> Radio Sport Canada> 
> > http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/> > ZoneProp uses an 
> widely accepted 
> > propagation engine to determine the band on> which a 
> contestant in one 
> > CQ DX zone is likely to be able to contact a> contestant in 
> another CQ 
> > DX zone taking into account the current geomagnetic> activity.> > 
> > ZoneProp produces a 40 zone by 40 zone matrix that is 
> updated hourly 
> > at> approximately 20 minutes past the hour. The 
> intersection between a 
> > row and> column gives the band on which a contestant in the zone 
> > represented by the> row is mostly likely able to contact an 
> contestant 
> > in the zone represented> by the column.> > The zone numbers in the 
> > left hand column are clickable. Once> clicked the 
> information for that 
> > zone is displayed in isolation above a map> of C
>  Q DX zones. The pages are refreshed every 10 minutes in 
> order to capture> hourly updates of the matrix> > For 
> technical details see> 
> http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/manual.php> > ZoneProp is 
> designed for high speed Internet access using IE 6/7 or a 
> recent> release of FireFox. It has not been tested in other 
> browsers or on slow> speed (e.g. dialup) Internet access.> > 
> Syl> > Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX> Saskatoon, SK> > 
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