[CQ-Contest] Too Much 'Assistance'?

[Charlie Gallo]

There is actually a 3rd option (Not MY opionion, but I know it well)

"Spirt" and "Intent" don't matter, only the RULES matter, and if you can find a loophole, go for it (Hey, we can say that SO2R is really a violation of the intent of "single" - I won't but...)

To quote Junior Johnson (NASCAR Racer, Owner, car designer - guy who first used drafting...)
"If you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin" 

There are LOTS of grey areas in rules.  I cam across one in a Robotics competition we just finished building for.  Rules say 1/4" pneumatic tube, max ID of .188 (they supply the exact tubing).  They say NOTHING about running pieces in parallel.  We decided against that design, because if they ruled against it at tech inspection, we'd have been dead - BTW the cylinders and air supply were 1/8 pipe, so we could have put in a Tee, and doubled our air flow...

On 2/20/2014 Tony Brock-Fisher wrote:

>  Some will agree it 
> clearly violates the spirit and intent of the rules if not the letter;
> others will argue it's the same as what has been permitted and condoned
> for years


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73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
Quality Custom Machine-shop work for the radio amateur (sm)


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