[CQ-Contest] Is this assistance?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

That probably depends on who you ask or falls into the if you have to 
ask it probably is category.

Getting CW spots would alert you to band openings so I would say that 
yes it could be considered assistance.

The contest effort is probably not all that serious if you are more 
interested in worked a DXpedtion.   If you think you are going to win 
then turn it off and win the contest and work the DX later.

It can become a slippery slope.   In the end only you know what you did.

Why not just pick assisted and watch all the spots you want.  A piece of 
paper with assisted on it is still good!

I run a cluster.  If I have to do some maintenance on it would that 
reclassify me.  Probably not unless I used something I saw while fixing 
whatever it was.

W0MU




On 10/28/2017 4:07 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Since we have been talking about contest DQs and the spirit of the rules
> and such, here is something which I have wondered about.  Suppose I am
> operating in a SSB contest, and I set up DX Summit to only show me CW
> spots, because I am looking for a certain DXpedition (like 3C1L) or want to
> look for new band or CW countries since I am not making a serious effort in
> the contest.
>
> Would this put me in the assisted category?  I am not getting spots about
> any particular station in general, at least not on stations in the SSB
> contest.  I might, however get some information about which bands are open
> to where.
>
> Or suppose I set up the cluster to only show WARC bands activity?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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