[CQ-Contest] Is holding QRG's legal?

[Steve London]

This kind of garbage has been going on for years in the major DX contests.

Adds a new meaning to the "Unlimited" class, doesn't it ?

I don't suppose you have a recording of this ?

73,
Steve, N2IC

Hal Kennedy wrote:
> Maybe I'm uninformed - but I figure this violates some rule in SS.
> Heard yesterday afternoon on 20M:
>  
> Station A has a nice run going.
> Station B calls in - an obvious buddy - maybe the same club?
> Station A:  "Hey, hold the freq for me for a while, I wanna go check 15"
> Station B:  "Sure."  Station B starts a run.
> 40 minutes later, Station A comes back on - "Okay, done on 15, Ill take
> it back"
> Station B:  "It's all yours, happy to help"
> Station A:  Restarts his run on 20.
>  
> For those curious, I didn't quit for 40 minutes just to listen to this -
> besides SO2R I have a third receiver here, which I parked on the freq to
> see if the guy ever really came back - he did.  BTW, since I have the
> QRG, calls and times, it is VERY EASY for the log checkers to verify
> once they know to look....
>  
> Is this really okay?  If so, I need some helpers.
>  
> Hal
> N4GG
>  
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