[VHFcontesting] Re: Good Buddy QSOs

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 01:17:15PM -0700, John Geiger wrote:
> Many times when I enter a HF contest, I do not look to
> maximize my score.  I look to work new countries on a
> specific band or mode.  I do not answer stations where
> I have already worked that country on that band/mode.
> That does not maximize my score because I pass up some
> QSOs that might even be new mults for that specific
> contest.  Does this still make me a legal contester? 
> Are the QSOs I make still legal for the other
> stations?

Even in this scenario, presumably you would be just as happy to 
work an ST0 as you would be to work VP6/d or a VU4 or a P5 or a 
YI.  You wouldn't just limit yourself to the 7O DXpedition your 
good buddy is a part of because you really want to see him win
the contest, would you?

Good buddy QSOs are all about giving your friends an unfair 
advantage.  I'm not sure why this is an unclear concept.

 
> --- "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker at cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 03:03:15PM -0400, Hoffman,
> > Mark wrote:
> > > 
> > >                                        If I rove
> > for zz2zz, it doesn't mean
> > > that zz2zz SPONSORS me. All it means, is that my
> > interest lies with zz2zz.
> > > Nothing artificial about that. 
> > 
> > If your contest operation is all about maximizing
> > _your_ contest score, as a 
> > rover, then you're right - that's would be operating
> > in good sportsmanship.
> > But, if your contest operation is all about
> > maximizing the score of zz2zz,
> > then I would argue that is not in the spirit of fair
> > competition, and is
> > unsportsmanlike and unethical.
> > 
> > -- 
> >
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Kenneth E. Harker      "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"      kharker at cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin                   Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences          Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124                         Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA            http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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