[VHFcontesting] CQ WW rule question

[Ken Alexander]

According to "All antennas used by the entrant must be
physically connected by wires to the transmitters and
receivers used by the
entrant" that QSO shouldn't count...and yours is the
only situation I can think of where it applies.  Kind
of a tax on the forgetful...

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS

> I have made a qso of 12 miles on 432 without an
> antenna.  Temperature roving was minus 20 Farenheit.
>  Put up antennas at one site, got in the minivan and
> started contesting from FN04ma.  Switched to 432,
> called CQ and was answered by VE3LIZ 12 miles south
> and 700 feet lower in elevation in FN03.  He worked
> me but said my signal was unusually weak.  Later, I
> found the antenna coax had not been connected to the
> 5' of coax out of the Yaesu 780R and both were on
> the floor of the minivan well separated.  Was
> running 22 elmts when hooked up.
> 
> Now, was that a disqualified qso?
> 
> 73,  Bill   VE3CRU/R
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