[CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report

[w5ov at w5ov.com]

Hiya Mike,

I don't think that is necessary. In a one on one situation, I think it's
best if you were directly admonish the guy yourself. Tell him that asking
you to spot him is sufficient cause for him to be DQed. Hopefully, once he
hears it a few times, and no one spots him, he'll get the idea and stop
doing it.

73,

Bob W5OV



> I don't have a recording of the exchange.
>
> I normally don't record contests.  Maybe I should start.
>
>
> "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
> never get over." Ben Franklin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Naumann
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:19 AM
> To: 'Andrew'; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report
>
> Andrew's interpretation is correct.
>
> Violating this rule does not change one's category to Assisted.
>
> It is forbidden and clearly is cause for disqualification.
>
> The ARRL and those other big DX contests in the fall are completely in
> line
> on this issue.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob W5OV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:49 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report
>
> W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>> I even had a
>> station ask me to spot him.  My interpretation of the rules would now
>> put this station in the assisted class if they were not already.
> Reported.
>
> ARRL General Rule 3.14 [1]
> "3.14. In contests where spotting nets are permissible, spotting your own
> station or requesting another station to spot you is not permitted."
>
> I read that as meaning it is against the rules to ask someone else to spot
> you, irrespective of what category you enter.  If my interpretation of
> that
> rule is correct then you were right to report the incident to the sponsor!
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Andrew AC6WI / GI0NWG
>
> [1] http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html
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