[CQ-Contest] Looking up on QRZ.com

[Ed W0YK]

qrz.com provides name, location and lots of other data that would possibly reveal exchange information, depending on contest.  That breaks the rules.SCP only provides a list of possible calls based on what is typed into the call sign field.73,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: Doug Bates <kv4zy.1 at gmail.com> Date: 6/2/23  18:57  (GMT-08:00) To: Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Looking up on QRZ.com Art,I don't claim to know all, but it strikes me as strange that a callsignlookup on any database could be against any rules. The nearest thing I canthink of that may be anywhere near related in the rules of some contests isforbidding "Assisted" where contesters follow a cluster to find contactsthat are currently reported as being on. Callsign lookup does not seem tome to be anywhere close to using a cluster to find contacts. But what do Iknow:)73 & God BlessDe KV4ZYOn Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 9:24 PM Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:> On the N1MM reflector somebody asked about how to use the "QRZ" button> during the contest for calls that don't appear in the "check" window.  I> guess he was talking about the SCP or CHF data files loaded into N1MM.>> A few people commented that looking it up on QRZ.com (or some other online> database??) during the contest was against the rules.>> I don't see any difference between using an online databas and using SCP> and CHF (except that SCP/CHF is faster).>> What do you wise people think?>> 73, art K3KU> _______________________________________________> CQ-Contest mailing list> CQ-Contest at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest