[RTTY] EA Contest Rules

Bill, W6WRT dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 4 13:31:49 PDT 2009


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On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:57:47 -0400, "Shelby Summerville"
<k4ww at arrl.net> wrote:

> I know, and understand, the effects of "cheerleading" on contests, but how can this be applied to a perfectly innocent "unique" contact? Has the "cheerleading" situation gotten so far out of hand, that it necessitates "punishing everyone for the misdeeds of a few"?

REPLY:

I suspect the "unique" QSOs really are busted calls for the most part.
How often do you suppose a non-contester gets on, makes exactly one
contest QSO and then quits? I'm sure it must happen occasionally but a
busted call is far more likely IMO. And busted calls should be DQ'd.

73, Bill W6WRT


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