[CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS

[George Fremin III]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 04:52:35PM -0600, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> The rules are pretty clear.  Apparently what they are doing wit the logs 
> is contrary to the rules.  Maybe the rules should be more clearly 
> written.  Why have rules that you don't enforce?
> 
> It is pretty clear that the rules say to operate 24 of the 30. They do 
> not say if you operate more than 24 hours your score will be determined 
> by the first 24 hours of operation.
> 
> So what is it ARRL?

Huh?

I think the log checking is enforcing the 24 hour time limit just fine.

How else should they handle a log that is over time?

DQ the entrant?  

The rule sets a time limit to the operating period.

If someone operates more than the 1440 minutes of on time then
it makes sense to me to enforce it just as they do - by removing 
all the points that are made after 1440 minutes of on time. 

It is not to your advantage to operate more that 1440 minutes and as far
as I can tell it harms no one.

> >
> >2.4. All entries may operate no more than 24 of the 30 hours.
> >2.5. Off periods may not be less than 30 minutes in length.
> >2.6. Times off and on must be clearly noted in paper logs. In
> >electronically-submitted Cabrillo logs, off-times are calculated by the
> >log-checking software.
> >2.7. Listening time counts as operating time.


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