[CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS

[Radio K0HB]

The contest sponsor has stated that you can operate beyond 24 hours but only your first 24 hours will be scored.  




Thus there is no competitive reward to the station which operates more than 24 hours, yet if a player elects to continue to dispense Q's (especially in a scarce mult such as VE4) it is a benefit to other players.  There is no downside that I can discern, other than the overtime station may actually boost the score of a direct competitor, thus disadvantage themselves.




The sea-lawyering in protest puzzles me, particularly when the sponsor has blessed the practice.




73, de Hans, K0HB

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:19 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> 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?
> Mike W0MU
> On 10/28/2013 2:24 PM, Ed Muns wrote:
>> It may be against your interpretation of the rules but it is how the ARRL
>> handles the logs.
>>
>> Ed W0YK
>>
>>
>> Kelly VE4XT wrote:
>>
>> That might work for WW with a 'classic' overlay, but it's against the rules
>> in SS. They specifically say off time is 'without operating.'
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> When your 24 hours are up, they're up. The rule was designed that way to
>> prevent operators from working the entire contest and only claiming credit
>> for the best 24.
>>
>> There's no provision for operating more than 24 hours and only claiming 24
>> hours, nor is there a provision for leaving the receiver on so as not to
>> miss a band opening.
>>
>> Which doesn't mean you cannot start a separate entry by operating at a
>> different location under a different call sign and starting at zero QSOs and
>> zero mults.
>>
>> 73, kelly
>> ve4xt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/28/13 12:44 PM, "Ed Muns" <w0yk at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Please don't submit two logs under the same callsign, each from a
>> different
>>> part of the contest period.  The most recent submitted log will replace
>> all
>>> prior logs.
>>>
>>> Instead, include all QSOs in one log and let the log check software score
>>> the first 24 hours.  No one is penalized for operating beyond a time
>> limit.
>>> The additional QSOs are not counted in your score, but they are needed to
>>> verify the other logs.  Any QSO left out will cause a NIL in the other
>> log.
>>> Ed W0YK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hans K0HB wrote:
>>>
>>> Submit a log for the first 24 hours; then a second check log for the
>>> remaining Q's.  Who would fault the ethics of that?
>>>
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