[CQ-Contest] EU out of band on 160

[Bernie McClenny, W3UR]

You should almost always work a station if they answer your CQ, even if it is a dupe! Always keep the QSO in the log, unless you know you busted the call. Let the contest adjudication decide what to do with your QSOs. I doubt The will penalize you if you follow that policy. 

Bernie McClenny, W3UR
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> On Jan 29, 2020, at 1:44 PM, OZ1BII Henning <mail at oz1bii.dk> wrote:
> 
> IMHO... Why do you contact the station when you know it is violating the
> rules ?
> Who has the biggest fault ?
> Just a simple question
> 
> And happily we have the Contest Committee who fully know their job and how
> to handle the situation.
> -----------------------------------
> * Vy 73 de OZ2I  Henning *
> -----------------------------------
> 
> 
> Den ons. 29. jan. 2020 kl. 16.27 skrev Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com>:
> 
>> Hi Scott,
>> 
>> IMHO... no.
>> 
>> While I do not condone improper operation, and I know many if not most EU
>> stations are not permitted below 1810 kHz... you did not operate
>> improperly.  You operated within the terms of your license.
>> 
>> There may also be extenuating circumstances... for example some of these
>> stations may have received special dispensation to operate from 1800 -
>> 1810.  (Yes, I know that's highly unlikely, but it is possible)
>> 
>> I would also like to believe that the log checking software would catch
>> any such violations.  If so, the burden or penalty ought to be on the
>> station caught operating out of band.  You were not out of band.  (That's
>> presuming, of course, that the log checking software IS set up to catch
>> said violations)
>> 
>> However, I would email the Contest Committee immediately (if you haven't
>> already done so) and ask for their decision on the matter.  It is the
>> Committee's opinion on potential rules violations that is paramount.
>> 
>> 73, ron w3wn
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us>
>> To: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2020 8:55 pm
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] EU out of band on 160
>> 
>> Last weekend, 11 Europeans called me on 1804. Should I delete those
>> contacts?
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Scott K9MA
>> 
>> --
>> Scott  K9MA
>> 
>> k9ma at sdellington.us
>> 
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