[CQ-Contest] You can use the internet to make QSOs?

[Radio K0HB]

There seems to be some resistance to the notion that a contest is test of a Radiomans skill in finding and contacting other stations with a radio, then correctly exchanging information over the air and accurately transcribing that information into a log.


73, de Hans, K0HB/K7






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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> One respected contester is asserting the rules for WW mean we can use the
> Internet, real-time, to verify exchange information.
> Does anyone else see that as being prohibited by this rule?
> 8. All requests for contacts, responses to calls, and copying of call signs
> and contest exchanges must be accomplished during the contest period using
> the mode and frequencies of the contest.
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
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