[CQ-Contest] Emails During a Contest

[Edward Sawyer]

Hi Jeff.  That sure is cheating and you should forward that email to the Contest Director.  I also see in my review of spots that 3 people tried to confirm the exchange by spotting me.  As unassisted, that’s obviously not accomplishing anything, but if assisted, maybe so.  Although I am thinking very few assisted are actually seeing comments on DX Summit but rather just populating the band map.  Not sure.  Don't do assisted.

As to the 40M mess.  Sometimes I think that people are broadcasting for a while looking for holes in the QRM.  They have a frequency that no one is yelling at them to move.  Can't hear because of all the QRM.  But where are they going to go?  SO they sit there broadcasting waiting for local EU to call, a few super loud W/VE stations and for the ebb and flow of the QRM for other stations to get through.  This is their evening on 40M.  

I have been shocked how many times a very loud EU on 40M has CQed in my face when calling them with a set up and location that gets the "booming" response from many in EU.  I don't think its that they are running 10kW.  I think its being tolerant of hearing almost nothing and proceeding to CQ.

Just my opinion.  

Ed  N1UR/AC1U

3 el mono with favorable EU terrain running 1.5kW some of the time

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of ku8e
Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 10:48 PM
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Emails During a Contest

I had a station who I worked during the WPX SSB contest send me an email during the contest asking what the number I sent him was. I guess he wasn't sure when he worked me.Do you think this is cheating? Personally I think this is cheating. Maybe I should forward that email to CQ? It really irks me when people blatantly cheat and think there are no consequences. Also there were way too many stations on 40 meters from Europe that were probably cheating by running some serious power. It's frustrating when you call someone who is 30db over S9 and they CQ in your face. It's not like I have a crummy antenna on that band plus I'm running an amp. Maybe someone in Europe can explain to me what I'm missing?Jeff KU8E Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone _______________________________________________
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