[UK-CONTEST] Re VHFCC

[Peter Hobbs]

Tim,

Rule 4i of the VHFCC General Rules indicates clearly that "the setting up of 
scheduled QSOs by the use of talk channels" is entirely within the rules, 
indeed almost encouraged.  I'm sure it was intended primarily to cover 
"limit" operation, but as written, those who prefer winning to losing seem 
quite entitled to take advantage of it in any of the VHFCC events.  JJ might 
feel called to add a comment here.

Anyway in case it helps, I understand it's all change shortly on the Contest 
Committee front; some of these anachronisms might well fall by the wayside 
before too long.

73, Peter G3LET


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Hague" <m0afj at dsl.pipex.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:32 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Re VHFCC


>I know that spotting is within the rules but while operating the contest
> last night I was watching people arranging QSO's on ON4KST. For those of
> a purely HF
> bent, the ON4KST site is a VHF/UHF chat room where people set up MS/EME
> and long distance tropo contacts.When you log on it automatically logs
> your locator on screen, so all thats required is S/N info.
> Surely this goes against the spirit of the contest, which being a CC I
> would have expected, perhaps naively, to have been a fun thing...., the
> guys doing this were the high power, well sited stations who would be
> likely to win anyway...
> Comments from anyone on the contest committee please
> Regards Tim M0AFJ
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