[CQ-Contest] Looking up on QRZ.com

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

But then,  why are call history files or super check partial files not 
illegal?  For that matter, cluster-derived spot information (even if 
only the callsign) isn't derived from on-the-air activity by the 
recipient. Seems to me like this is a bridge long crossed.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 6/3/2023 5:29 AM, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
> Looking up a callsign on QRZ can be considered assisted if the contest uses any of the information provided as part of an exchange; name or state are the most common, counties are used in state QSO parties.
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
>> On Jun 3, 2023, at 1:57 AM, Doug Bates<kv4zy.1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Art,
>> I don't claim to know all, but it strikes me as strange that a callsign
>> lookup on any database could be against any rules. The nearest thing I can
>> think of that may be anywhere near related in the rules of some contests is
>> forbidding "Assisted" where contesters follow a cluster to find contacts
>> that are currently reported as being on. Callsign lookup does not seem to
>> me to be anywhere close to using a cluster to find contacts. But what do I
>> know:)
>> 73 & God Bless
>> De KV4ZY
>>
>>> On 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
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