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Inviato: mercoledì 13 settembre 2006 15.53
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[EME-net] ARRL EME Contest
Dear EME Friends,
The 2006 ARRL
International EME Competition begins with the microwave portion on
September 16-17. The segments for 50-1296 MHz are
on the weekends of October
14-15 and November 11-12.
This is a good time to follow up on the
positive efforts made by the entire EME community about seven months ago
(see
http://pulsar.
We wish to bring the following clarification of the ARRL EME
contest rules to everyone's attention.
We asked the following two
questions of Dan Henderson, N1ND, and Tom Hogerty, KC1J, at ARRL
headquarters. Dan is the former ARRL Contest Branch Manager; Tom has just
recently taken up this position.
1. Is "self-spotting" permissible for
stations who enter in the Single Operator Assisted category?
2. Is
active solicitation or pre-arrangement of QSOs by non-amateur means permitted
during the contest?
The ARRL response is as
follows:
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"Self
spotting is never permissible for any station - regardless of the category.
This is in the General Rules for All ARRL Contests:
3.14.In contests
where spotting nets are permissible, spotting your own station or requesting
another station to spot you is not permitted.
Active solicitation by
non-amateur means during the contest is also never permitted (except in the
10GHz and Up contest ONLY). This is in
the General Rules for All ARRL
Contests:
3.10.The use of non-Amateur Radio means of communication (for
example, Internet or telephone) to solicit a contact (or contacts) during
the
contest period is not
permitted."
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We
think that self-policing is the best policy. If you enter the 2006 EME
contest in the Single Operator Assisted category, please remember
that
passive use of loggers is permissible, as is the spotting of other stations;
but self-spotting and the real-time arrangement of QSOs are
not permitted by
the rules.
In addition, we wish to remind you to include mode information
(CW, digital, SSB) for each QSO in your contest log.
We ask you to
join us in spreading this information as widely as possible.
Best wishes
to all, and and good luck in the contest!
Graham Daubney, F5VHX
Joe
Taylor, K1JT
Dimitris (Jimmy) Vittorakis, SV1BTR
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