[RTTY] QRV during NAQP?

[Ed Muns]

No.  Assisted rules have to do with one station identifying the frequency
and callsign of ANOTHER station.

When WK6I announces another band/frequency that he, WK6I, is QSYing to, he
is simply communicating (via a frequency allowed in the contest and during
the contest period) where WK6I is going to be.  This has nothing to do with
another station.  This is common and fully legal practice in all contests
and primarily used for moving a multiplier to another band.  It's done on
CW, SSB and RTTY.  It's done in all contests.  Every contest allows this.

A similar practice that is in the Assisted category would be if WK6I were
announcing that VY1JA is on 21084.  Key difference because the announcement
is about another station.  You may not agree.  You may feel these are the
same case and both fall in the Assisted category.  But the simple fact is
that every contest sponsor administers their rules the way I've described.
Moreover, this has been the norm for decades, ever since Assisted became a
separate category.

Ed W0YK

 

Lee N0SQ wrote:
> Single ops are suppose to operate unassisted. I believe what 
> you're doing defeats the rule.
> 
> Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote ..
> > I could say:
> > 
> > QRV 21088 TU WK6I CQ
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > QSY 21088 TU WK6I CQ
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > PLEASE GO TO 21088 I NEED SD TU WK6I CQ
> > 
> > How else do I move a mult I need to another band? Why would 
> using "QRV"
> > make it bad? In all three cases I am going to call CQ on 21088 and 
> > hope he follows me there. jeff wk6i
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Lee Roberts <ham at n0sq.us> wrote:
> > 
> > > Would that be a violation of the rules sending or receiving QRV 
> > > during exchanges?