[CQ-Contest] Category hopping

[W0MU]

I consider running power in excess of allowed legal limits far more 
sleezy than this.  But this has been happening for a long long long time 
and nothing has ever been done that I am aware of.  I am sure that 
everyone running a 77 Export is just coasting along at the 1.5k.  Pretty 
tempting to turn the knob when you can't bust that pileup.

Been to 30m?  We have a limit of 200w.  Most amps will do legal out and 
many run far more  than 200 watts.  But that is a different can of worms 
or is it?

W0MU

On 12/7/2015 7:11 PM, Barry wrote:
> Based on existing rules, they do qualify for either category. However, 
> it is a sleazy thing to do.  Other sports are irrelevant to this 
> situation.
>
> Only thing that can be done is change the rules for future events, 
> such as requiring declaring a category up front.
>
> Barry W2UP
>
> On 12/7/2015 16:47, ScottW3TX at verizon.net wrote:
>> Is there any other sport where a competitor can start in one 
>> category, then in the middle of the race...or even after the 
>> race...change their entry category.
>>
>> I can't think of one, which seems to indicate such action is 
>> unsportsman-like at best.
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> If you do a spot check on CR3L on the DX Summit you will see they 
>> were never spotted on more than two bands at a time during the whole 
>> contest weekend. If they were really Mult-Multi wouldn't you think 
>> they would've been spotted more? Plus they had only 7 operators, 
>> which is about what they've had in past years when running M2X.
>>
>> Now category switching isn't illegal in the rules but don't you think 
>> that integrity is on everyone's mind after what happened last year? 
>> Maybe it should be added to the rules just like having a bad or wide 
>> signal is.
>>
>> Bad call CR3L team . Maybe you should provide an explanation like the 
>> one we were all waiting for from UT5UGR last year. Maybe you had a 
>> good reason for doing this?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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