[CQ-Contest] skimmer spotting? club spotting?

[Pete Smith]

Well, I think it is both.  I'm just saying that it seems to me that this 
one of those "bright lines" that ought not to be crossed - using 
non-internet means to solicit QSOs (or engaging people to do it for you) 
would change the fundamental character of the sport.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/27/2009 12:04 PM, Tree wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 07:10:26AM -0400, Pete Smith wrote:
>
>    
>> But the real bottom line is simple - technological considerations aside,
>> self-spotting is against the rules.  Would you allow sailboat racers to
>> use outboard motors, simply because they are available, or because
>> someone forgot to be totally categorical in writing the rules for a
>> particular regatta?
>>      
>
> I guess I saw this as a discussion about why it is against the rules.  I wasn't
> trying to suggest that anyone break the rules.  Sometimes, rules change.
>
> 73 Tree
>
>