[CQ-Contest] Determining ASSISTED vs NON-ASSISTED -- was: =>RE: Chea

[Michael D. Adams]

Honest question: does recording a QSO count as logging it?

I have been operating under the impression that logging a contact means
"making a record of the time, frequency, callsign, and information exchanged
on paper or in a computer database", and that all logging for a contest
should occur during the contest.  (And, by extension, the only thing that
should happen to a log after the contest is incidental cleanup and
formatting, without actual change in content.)

By that reasoning, I suppose if you repeat the necessary information into a
voice recorder, and transcribe the recording after the contest, that would
be considered logging followed by incidental cleanup/formatting.  It
wouldn't be my choice of how to log, but I can imagine others doing it
(especially if some form of disability were involved).

But if it is OK to record a QSO as a form of logging, and then go back to
the recording of the QSO post-contest to transcribe the necessary
information...well that sort of an interpretation could definitely impact my
strategy, if I were actually attempting to be competitive.  But that just
feels wrong to me, somehow.

-- 
Michael D. Adams (AB1OD)
Poquonock, Connecticut | mda at ab1od.org 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Voelpel
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:51 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Determining ASSISTED vs NON-ASSISTED -- was:
> =>RE: Chea
> 
> I don´t agree I don´t find the rule that tape logging is not allowed.
> Where do I find that rule about transcriptions?
> No rule prohibits tape logging.
> The logging was done during the contest.
> 
> I am just thinking of the blind, who never could send in a log without
> transcription.
> 
> 73
> Peter, DJ7WW
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> w5ov at w5ov.com
> 
> > 2nd situation:
> >
> > Op A is tired before the contest and decides to tape record everything
> and write it down after the contest, rather than keep a computer log
during
> the contest. No other person helped him with the tape recording or
> transcription functions before or after the contest. Is this allowed in
the SO
> Unasisted category?
> 
> Short answer: No.
> 
> Explanation: This is a trick question because transcribing the contest
after the
> contest is not allowed in any category. The logging must be done during
the
> contest period - the contest ends at 23:59z.
> 
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