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

[Dave Hachadorian]

I have done this once or twice to take a bathroom break. I never 
really gave the propriety of the process much thought. I can't 
really think of a specific rule that it violates.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Kennedy" <halken at comcast.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:22 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Is holding QRG's legal?


> 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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