Bill McLaughlin wrote: > This happens during most every "contest"....I used to work contests > alot when I was younger and had more stamina....understand the > frustrations of many as some contest ops seem to not care about > anything other than points. "Gentleman's" agreements seem to be > predicated on people acting gentlemanly; alas such is oft not the > case.
Seems to me the obvious solution is to put gentlemanly behavior right into the contest rules -- restrict contesting to a sub-band (or bands), and deduct points for contacts made outside of those restrictions. Perhaps there are practical considerations that make that too difficult to enforce, though. Katy