[CQ-Contest] Did I cheat in NAQP CW?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Unfortunately, selective calling can lead to all kinds of single-op issues,
such as...

"Hey Dick, a Rhode Island station is on 14210"

and innocent DX spots, made by others, like:

DX de W2XYZ: 14320.0 W7ZR Looking for Rhode Island

Best to simply not do it, and avoid the scorn of your peers.

73,
Steve, N2IC


While this *MAY* create circumstances that might be considered by some to be
questionable, it *MAY* not.  This same reasoning could be applied to nearly
everything we do.  By driving a car you are more likely to be involved in an
auto accident, so it would be best not to do that.  At some point common
sense and your conscious need to take over and decide what works for you.

The fact that Joe spotted my need for RI does not necessarily mean that RI
worked me.  Some stations seem to have a plethora or packet cheerleaders
while others have none.  There is no way to stop cheerleaders is there?
What generally happens to me is that I need a mult for the longest time and
then once I work it, 3 more wander by in the next hour.  Chances might also
be good that you may run across the 14.210 station while S&Ping or with the
2nd vfo etc.  If you run right over to 210 then I think that is wrong.
There is no guarantee that you will hear or work the station if it is still
there though. 

Scorn?  I thought we did this for fun too?  Man getting old sucks, we turn
into grumpy old farts!  

Mike W0MU