[CQ-Contest] How blatant can you get?

[w1md at cfl.rr.com]

Circular logic...of a sort.

The issue (it appears) is how to ENFORCE the rules...not what the rules are.

So, whether the rule states no more than the amount of power allowed by LOCAL rules/regulations or no more than 1000watts <period>...HOW do you enforce it?

Rules can be written all day long...but UNTIL there is a method to ENFORCE the rules...they are worth...well, you get the picture.

Of course, 98+ of the participants hopefully are following both the spirit and the law. Figure 2% of 4000 entrants = 80 cheaters out of the crowd...

MD

---- N1MM <tfwagner at snet.net> wrote: 
> On 10/14/2011 12:06 AM, Ken Widelitz wrote:
> <snip>
>   A big amp in the shack is not PROOF of violation.
> <snip>
> 
> But there is no reason a rule couldn't be drafted to outlaw amps capable 
> of much more than legal power being present during the contest or even 
> at any period of time prior to the contest.  Proving that a large amp 
> is/was present is easier than showing that it is being used to produce 
> illegal power.
> 
> Contesting is a game, the rules can be anything the sponsor wants.  If 
> such a rule would make catching cheaters easier, then a sponsor could 
> impose it.
> 
> Tom - N1MM
> 
> 
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