[PaQSO] OPERATING TIME PERIODS

[MARK KEMPISTY]

Where is the line drawn?  Can't pick an operating location, load the car and head out before contest start?  Can't connect the coax, fire up the computer and update the logging program until contest start?
 
I've seen this question a number of times in my years as an amateur radio operator.  The definition of operating always comes down to; the act of actually making two-way contacts via radio.  Everything else is ancillary.

Take care,
Mark


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From: GENE <dxop429 at verizon.net>
To: PaQSO at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:17 PM
Subject: [PaQSO] OPERATING TIME PERIODS

I'd like for someone to provide a "Fine Definition", with a passband less than 10 Hz wide, the meaning, restrictions, and penalties for operating outside of those time periods.

IMHO, the time periods outside the specified operating hours should be defined as: "ALL RADIO OPERATIONS RELATED TO ACHIEVING POINTS IN THE PAQP, WHETHER DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY, WILL CEASE !"  e.g. Using other frequencies/bands, during non-operating hours, to conduct on-the-air "scheduling", or "planning" to meet another station during published operating hours, on a given frequency, at an appointed time, for the purpose of obtaining points.

This activity is "operating outside the specified hours", it constitutes CHEATING, plain and simple, and those who do so should be disqualified.
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