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

[Ed Muns]

It's beyond Single-Op "Unlimited" and is Multi-Op behavior.

Ed - W0YK

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Ed Muns
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
> Sent: Monday, 23 November, 2009 05:47
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is holding QRG's legal?
> 
> 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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