[CQ-Contest] CQ WW CW 2014 Results

[KU7Y]

Hi Steve,

I agree with what you say in that 17m example.... until you get to the last
line.

Here is why I disagree about checking your own callsign on something like
the RBN during a contest.

If you send a few CQs on a new band, like 10m, it will let you know very
quickly where you are being heard.  It will also help you to know if you
have found a clear frequency to run.

A year or two ago I asked about watching spots of my own callsign during a
contest and the vast majority of replies were that doing so would put me in
the assisted class.  After all, knowing where and how well you are being
heard is a very helpful bit of information and it came from an outside
source.

OK, back in my hole,

Ron, KU7Y
Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Northern California Contest Club
Silver Springs, NV
ku7y at qsl.net


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve IK4WMH
> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 8:01 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW CW 2014 Results
> 
> Hello KU7Y,
> 
> Sunday, May 10, 2015, 12:48:04 AM, you wrote:
> 
> >> -------------
> >> 2. QSO alerting assistance: The use of any technology or other source
that
> K> provides call sign or multiplier identification along with frequency
> K> information to the operator.
> >> -------------
> 
> K> The way I read the rule is a bit different.
> 
> K> To me it says Call Sign or Multiplier information and includes the
> K> frequency.
> 
> K> It doesn't say "that provides call sign, except for your own....."
> 
> Let me stretch it some more.
> 
> I am waiting for that elusive new one and I am willing to stop my
> contesting effort for as long as it takes to work one of the last DXCC
> entities I need which is likely to show up on one of the WARC because
> the bands where the contest is allowed are completely clogged up.
> 
> To achieve that I stay connected to the local cluster and set up a
> filter to pass only the spots on the WARC bands.
> 
> It is in fact a technology that provides callsigns and frequencies.
> 
> The contest rule calls it "QSO alerting assistance" and I read it as
> something that alerts you of a possible QSO that you can log providing
> you the callsign and the frequency.
> 
> Can I put in my contest log a QSO made on, say, the 17m band?
> 
> No, so the "assistance" I get from the cluster spots is not "alerting"
> me of a QSO I could put in my contest log.
> 
> I think the same goes for my own callsign.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve IK4WMH
> 
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