[CQ-Contest] Using ON4KST-chat

[Stefan Pfeiffer]

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