[CQ-Contest] Ethics of operating overtime in SS

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The point of my posts is to point out much like Kelly has done that the 
rules and practice are not aligned.

ARRL and CQ and others can score their contests anyway they like. They 
can run the contest any which way they want.

They should follow their own rules that they have written and keep them 
up to date when things change.

Many of the issues we have in contesting are because of the way the 
rules are written and independently interpreted.  Is it that hard to say 
in the rules what is really meant?

Mike W0MU

On 10/29/2013 6:44 AM, Kelly Taylor wrote:
> I don't say this because I disagree with the current practice of only
> counting the first 24 hours for those who go over, though I recognize others
> have an issue with it.
>
> I just wish, because it would make these discussions moot and really, really
> simplify stuff for everyone, that rules would say what they mean.
>
> The rule says "thou shalt not operate more than 24 hours." The rule doesn't
> say "you can operate as long as you want but we'll only count the first 24."
>
> Similarly, the rule defining a QSO states categorically that BOTH parties
> have to get it right for the QSO to count*. (At least in the ARRL rules.)
> Yet the log-checkers will give credit for a Q even if one log entry is wrong
> (though close enough to indicate an attempted Q did take place: such as if I
> log N6HC at the same time that NB5C has me correctly in his log (NB5C gets
> the Q, I don't.))
>
> Similarly, some will argue that you should leave every Q in your log, even
> ones where you know the other guy didn't get you right.
>
> If sponsors would either stick to the written rules or, when they see the
> need for a change, change the written rules rather than just manufacture a
> new interpretation of them, it would really help the rest of us understand
> what to do. And it will help level the playing field, at least as far as
> interpreting the rules is concerned.
>
> These are two examples where the reality and theory of rules diverge. Anyone
> think of any others?
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
> * General Rules for HF Contests,
>
> 3.2.All callsigns and exchange information must be sent, received,
> acknowledged and logged correctly by each station for a complete QSO.
>
>
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