TopBand: Re: Using 2 Calls from ONE Station

[Garry Shapiro]

Setzler, James M wrote:
> 
> Say I'm operating the mult radio this weekend at K1XYZ and have just
> worked the FW on 160.  Is it OK/ethical/legal for me to then work him
> with my call, KD1NG, for a new one?  Of course, I would'nt enter him
> into the K1XYZ log again, but would jot it down and enter it into my
> personal log later.  Would the FW be penalized for a unique if KD1NG
> doesn't show up in enough logs in this test?
> 
> 73 James/kd1ng
> >
How do people come up with these questions? :-) Is this what passes for
philosophical thought these days? 

As a practical matter, fat chance of seeing that "last two letters"
list-lizard SSB operator on 160, and I sure would not worry about his
CQWW score. Wait for the CW operator, who is quite competent, and work
him from home. 

As far as whether a QSO from someone else's shack is "good":

ARRL requires all submitted QSL's for DXCC QSO's to be made by the same
operator and from within the same DXCC country. To my knowledge, the
rules say nothing about the QSO's being made from your own shack. There
are those who think that living in California and traveling to
Connecticut to work Euros and 4X on 160 is tainted--I am among them--but
it is, in fact, OK with the DXCC desk, and my opinion counts zero.

However, by the same token, QSO's by "guest" operators--including those
operating a DXpeditioner's home station to "work" the DXpedition so that
the DXpeditioner gets credit for working a country that he in fact is in
at the time---are bogus. But the DXCC desk has (knowingly) allowed
those, too. Yes, I can give examples.

-- 
Garry Shapiro, NI6T
Editor, The DXer
newsletter of the Northern California DX Club

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