[CQ-Contest] Do all contest participants need to follow the rules?

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/2009 7:43:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dougw9wi at gmail.com writes:

Is there  a point at which intentional violation of rules by a 
non-entrant is wrong  even if it doesn't disrupt the contest?
I can't think of any.
 
Especially for violating rules that diminish the contest, such, as Doug  
mentioned, the ARRL's misguided rule interpretation that prohibits mobile  entries 
in HF contests*. Last December I had the occasion to drive from  Cleveland to 
Arlington, VA, on the Sunday of the ARRL 10 meter contest. To make  the drive 
more interesting I put the 10 meter HamStick on the car, and to avoid  
additional confusion used a different callsign in each state. Nobody seemed to  mind 
the extra qsos in their log, and several guys in Florida seemed really  happy 
to work the District of Columbia on SSB in the last hour of the contest. 
 
No logs were submitted because of the rule, but it was a lot of  fun.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
 
* The rule against mobiles (the 500 meter rule) was written in the  early 
1980s to prevent use of remote receivers and multiple site operations  (such as 
are allowed for IARU HQ stations), which would obviously give fixed  stations a 
big advantage. It was never intended to protect fixed stations  from 
competition from some guy driving around with a seven foot whip for an  antenna. It 
could be corrected merely interpreting it as requiring everything to  fit inside 
a 500 meter circle, but allowing the circle, with all its  included 
equipment, to move.
 
 
 
 
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