[CQ-Contest] cheating with packet

[Paul J. Piercey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Russell Hill
> Sent: December 19, 2007 23:07
> To: Yuri VE3DZ; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cheating with packet
> 
> Question:  If a single operator has a friend in the shack 
> trolling the bands looking for mults, and when the friend 
> passes him a call and freq he shifts to that freq and works 
> the station found by his friend, does that "single operator" 
> retain his status as SO?
> 

For my money....

It depends upon the contest. In most it wouldn't change the operator status
but in ARRL 10 and 160 it would make him multi-op. He would have to be
"Assisted" in the others. Unless the other guy did any operating at all.

> If having a second operator in the shack takes one out of the 
> SO Category, why does having the 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th etc 
> operator at the other end of an internet connection change 
> anything?  What is the difference?  If one is assistance, is 
> not the other?
> 

See above. Cluster use, or another operator feeding spots to you, in ARRL10
and 160 puts you in the "Multi-op" category as per the rules. Personally, I
would like to see a consistency in categorizing cluster use. Pick "Assisted"
or "Multi-op" for every contest and that might eliminate a part of the
confusion about what it means to use the cluster or have secondary operators
in play.

73 -- Paul VO1HE