[UK-CONTEST] Contest cheats?

[Peter Hobbs]

Ray

I think we're on a slippery slope here, mate.  Any off-air exchange that 
makes the difference between a QSO and NO QSO has to be, in my view, just as 
serious as passing the full QSO data.  Once an external line of 
communication has been established, almost anything can fall into that 
category, e.g. locator, which a lot of peeps include as part of their 
message sig.  I'm sure the RSGB Contest Committee has discussed all this 
extensively and taken a similar view - hence their position on the subject, 
which is really the only one they could reasonably be expected to take.

I  don't know if you plan to make it down to HFC, but that's probably a 
suitable forum for more detailed discussion.

73
Peter G3LET

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "UK Contest reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>; "Peter Hobbs" 
<peter at tilgate.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contest cheats?


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>
> --- On Mon, 15/9/08, Peter Hobbs <peter at tilgate.co.uk> wrote:
>>Do I gather then that cheating is now acceptable in V/UHF/Microwave
>>contests?
>
>>73Peter G3LET
>
>
> Absolutely not Peter and anyone or group found guilty should be subject to 
> the following action.
> A warning plus points deduction for minor breaches and subsequent 
> disqualification if correction in future events does not take place.
> Disqualification, full stop, for serious breaches.
>
> I define a minor breach as for example a station in Stornaway arranges a 
> schedule on 70cm with a station in Essex and after arranging the schedule 
> they go on to "talk" to the station in a way that would assist the 
> completion of the contact.
> This could be saying for example, "just needing the seriel number again"
> A major breach would include actual exchange of contact information "off 
> air".
>
> Any contest station in receipt of non-requested feedback should inform the 
> sender that not observing contest rules and to try again later to 
> establish contact as the contact in progress has now been made void by 
> feedback.
> This occurs more often than not by a non-contester giving points away 
> rather than a competitor.
> I do this within and outwith contests as per the guidelines on ON4KST.
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM
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