[CQ-Contest] ETHICS

[VE5ZX]

> Both morally and ethically speaking, I have an obligation to tell the
> other party they are "out of band" and NOT log an illegal contact.

Amen!

More than a dozen times during the WPX state-side stations called me when I 
was CQing well below 14150.  Other than the previously mentioned ethical and 
moral issues I didn't see why I should provide a multiplier for a relatively 
rare prefix to someone who was exercising an unfair advantage over his 
fellow state-side competitors.

My approach is to politely say the offending out band callsign, suggest 
they are out of the band and follow with a QRZ dx!

... Syl

Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK