[CQ-Contest] Self-spotting, arranged QSO's and the CQ 160 Â contest

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

I don't see a problem with requests like this.

It's one thing to say "Look for me" or "Hope you work me" etc. 

But it's quite another thing to say "I'll meet you on 14.175 as 2200 Z on Saturday, 21.275 at 1800 Z on Sunday..." etc.  Or "Keep an eye on the cluster around 1700 Z, I will be on 40 meters then."  Or "I'll email you my exact time and frequency."  Or anything containing specific information along these lines.

Wishing a fellow contester well & hoping for good luck is one thing.  Making specific detailed arrangements in advance is quite another.  

And before Mal says it -- yes, I know it goes on all the time.  That doesn't make it right.  And when we catch one of our contesting peers doing it, we have (IMHO YMMV) the right to tell them to knock it off.

73
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From: mike l dormann <w7dra at juno.com>
Date: 2008/01/30 Wed AM 01:31:42 CST
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Self-spotting, arranged QSO's and the CQ 160 contest


i get several (less than 10) requests like "hope to work you in the
contest", or "will be looking for you" when i do a dxpidition like the
CQWW160, but with no way of me knowing either my transmit freq or
receiving freq, and most guys know this, i look upon these emails as only
friendly "good luck" messages

miek w7dra/0
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