[Elecraft] [OT] Illegal contacts during the CQ WW Phone

[Tim Tucker]

>From the ARRL website (emphasis mine):
"A band plan refers to a *voluntary *division of a band to avoid
interference between incompatible modes."
Band Plan <https://www.arrl.org/band-plan>

It's basically a gentleman's agreement with some caveats.

Unless you can prove that the station was "willfully or maliciously
interfer[ing]" (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/part-97#p-97.101(d)) with
another station, or operating outside the boundaries of their license
class, the FCC isn't going to do anything, and more than likely going to
look at a complaint like this as frivolous since they couldn't care less
about contesting.

Whether that behavior is appropriate, is a different matter than a legal
one.

Tim
AE6LX

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM David Gilbert via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
> More overt than calling outside the allowed frequency range??
>
> A rule is a rule, and one violates both the government and contest
> authority while the other "merely" the contest rules.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 10/26/2025 2:31 PM, Rick NK7I wrote:
> > So can ADIF, or logging a fixed incorrect frequency but that is an overt
> act of cheating.
> >
> > 73,
> > Rick nk7i
> >
> >> On Oct 26, 2025, at 2:07 PM, David Gilbert via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> Cabrillo files are in text form and can very easily be edited before
> submission.
> >>
> >> Dave   AB7E
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 10/26/2025 1:18 PM, Rick NK7I via Elecraft wrote:
> >>> I’ve previously suggested that transmit frequency be one of the
> contest required score form, filing elements (computer scoring by those
> running the contest) for cross check.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Rick nk7i
> >>>
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