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[Dave Lawley]

Interleaving QSOs can be great fun - Andy and I made much use of this 
technique in WRTC, and practised beforehand in WPX and NFD (checklog 
only). However, we were not set up to interleave on the same band.

The Russians have been doing this for a few years and have become very 
proficient at it. I have listened to them in some contests and have not 
heard their two run stations on a band ever break the single transmitted 
signal rule, clearly they use an effective interlock. I have great 
respect for them in identifying an effective and new technique, which as 
I said is great fun!

However, not only is this a 'game changer' which effectively pushes the 
multi-single category even further away from the common-sense meaning of 
those words, but it could come close to doubling band occupancy! During 
major contests 40m and 20m are already stuffed to overflowing, and I do 
not think we could tolerate a situation where all the big multi-multi, 
multi-two and multi-single entrants routinely occupied two run 
frequencies. It is for this reason that I believe consideration is being 
given to banning it in the CQ WW contests and I feel that other major 
contest organisers should follow suit.

73, Dave G4BUO