[CQ-Contest] Ban all contest spotting?

[Michael Brown]

I don't understand the "non amateur communications" you refer to Paul. I 
don't know what the ratio is between users who are on their local cluster 
via packet radio or via the internet, but packet radio is a form of amateur 
communications.

Mike, K9MI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 16:04
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ban all contest spotting?


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
>
>> Being the devil's advocate, your argument of "non amateur-radio
>> communications" is off-base.
>
>> Step back in time to the early 90's.
>
> I'm happy to step back as far as you want, and can do it from
> personal experience to the early 60s.  Not only is the the
> use of non amateur-radio communications inappropriate in
> contesting, so also is the use of any amateur band or mode,
> used to facilitate contest QSOs, which does not correspond to
> your class of entry.
>
> That principle is unlikely to go out-of-date.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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