[CQ-Contest] Impact of FT* Modes on DXpeditions

[rjairam at gmail.com]

The answer is no it doesn’t count as automatic operation.

And since the final decision rests with the ARRL awards branch anyway, the
rule as drafted is sufficient.

On a side note, even looking through part 97 and other rules and
regulations, some are vague, some intentionally. I was told by an attorney
the reason for this and it does make sense.

73
Ria
N2RJ

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:29 PM Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at sbelectronics.com>
wrote:

> And then there the "inconvient truth" called Fox and Hound mode from the
> DX side.  Does cueing calls up in a stack on the window count for the
> language of the DXCC and Contesting rule?  And how about however long it
> takes to actually "work the station" that you have entered while you are
> out mowing the lawn.
>
> The ARRL Board needs to be more pragmatic about the rules than the
> "lawyeresque language" that came out of the July Board Meeting.
>
> Ed  N1UR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> David Gilbert
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:41 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Impact of FT* Modes on DXpeditions
>
>
> I was dead wrong.  It looks to me like it is pretty easy to use JTDX in
> automatic mode, where it automatically calls CQ after your last contact.
>
> Sorry for whatever confusion I added.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
> On 8/15/2019 7:07 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> > Some of you may have seen the postings elsewhere that ARRL will no
> > longer admit fully automatic QSO's for contest and DXCC credit (CQ's
> > and QSO initiation are fully automatic, with no operator
> > intervention). I am guessing this primarily affects FT8 operation. I
> > have not operated much FT8 but the operation I did was fully
> > automatic. I am guessing there is a way to set it to semi-automatic
> > operation (a real operator initiates each CQ and each QSO) (which is a
> > valid QSO for those awards). And I don't know how how they would tell.
> But the ruling stands.
> >
> > 73, Zack W9SZ
>
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