[VHFcontesting] APRS Comment

[John Geiger]

That is true, a simplex APRS contact should be valid. 
But if you use APRS in such a way that you know you
are going to appear on the internet APRS map, then it
starts to run into problems with the rules.  The same
is true if I tell someone to put me on the cluster.  

73s John W5TD

--- John D'Ausilio <jdausilio at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/1/07, Rogers, Ron <RR124640 at ncr.com> wrote:
> > So guys,
> >
> > Does that also say that everyone must cease the
> common practice of notifying everyone on this
> reflector prior to a contest via e-mail your
> intended grid route, actual intended locations, and
> times of operation in those grids ?
> >
> 
> For that matter, does it mean that advertising your
> presence by making
> qsos during the contest is self-spotting? A simplex
> APRS exchange is
> no different than any other simplex FM contact.
> 
> de w1rt/r john
> 



 
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