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

[Radio K0HB]

It is not logical to me, Igor.


You are not responsible for what I enter in my log, only that your log is accurate.



If you are more skilled than I am, you should earn a higher score than I earn.




73, de Hans, K0HB/K7


🌵Sent from Arizona 🌞

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hans,
> Then it is quite logical that if call or exchange info in one of these two 
> logs is incorrect, then both stations are penelized in one way or 
> another.Right now, if you and I are in the contest QSO and you got my 
> exchange incorrectly, what incentive there is for me to spend time to 
> correct you? On the other hand, how can I be sure that you put my exchange 
> correctly into your log? Or how can you be sure that I have sent my exchange 
> correctly? The only way to adjudicate this situation is to listen to SDR 
> recording where both sides of the QSO are readable.
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb at gmail.com>
> To: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt at mymts.net>
> Cc: "CQ-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] You can use the internet to make QSOs?
>> 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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>> 🌵Sent from Arizona 🌞
>>
>> 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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