[CQ-Contest] Using ON4KST-chat
Stefan Pfeiffer
stefan at fam-pfeiffer.de
Thu Jan 31 03:00:26 EST 2008
Where (exactly) to draw the line?
Is using a grey line display cheating? Is using a beam direction map cheating? Is
using a callsign database cheating? Is using a feature like "suspect zones" in
software cheating? Obviously, some level of "cheating" seems to be "socially
accepted". The tolerated level differs from one to one, but there is a limit.
Finally, the contest sponsor has to decide. Unfortunately, "unsportmanlike
behaviour" is not sharply defined at all, everyone defines that in a slightly
different way. Only solution seems to be to define unwanted behaviour as far as
possible by the contest sponsor, but unfortunately, the ingeniousity of the people
reading the rules is much greater than the writers of the rules ever thought of,
so there will be "holes" forever, i fear. The most bullet-proof rule could be like
"unassisted = no more than a logging PC without any outgoing connections, no
mobile phones, ..." and "assissted = anything more than unassisted, as long as no
exchanges are transferred". Fine grained rules like "DX-Cluster = yes, but no
selfspots; Chatrooms = No, Instant Messengers = Yes, but...; Telephone =...; Using
qrz.com for state check=No" and so on lead nowhere, imho.
Having learned how easy it is to set up remote controlled RXes over the internet,
i second the fear of Mari, S56A, about that topic, for example.
Vy 73 es 55 de Stefan, DL1ELY
Peter Voelpel schrieb:
> Why do you say "we" if you mean I?
> For me all that you decribe it is nothing else then cheating if one is
> taking advantage of other means then the radio to get qsos
>
> 73
> Peter
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