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Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU HQ Callsigns

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU HQ Callsigns
From: Hank Greeb <n8xx@arrl.org>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:56:35 -0400
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As stated, the question seems to besimilar to "how many pins can dance on the head of an Angel."

That's why I rarely contribute to this forum.

Perhaps thequestion should be: Ifthere 24 stations IDing themselves as LR1A through LR1Z are all worked on 10 meters, either SSB or CW, would the multiplier be 1, 2, or 24 for Argentina's HQ station? Methinketh that there could easily be more than one "HQ" station, but it would be up to the arbiters of the contest to determine the number ofHQ multipliers. I don't see any prohibition for multiple HQ stations from an IARU entity. But, then, I see things through the fog of cataracts and other infirmaries of age, including rose coloured glasses.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 7/9/2013 12:00 PM, cq-contest-request@contesting.com wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 19:20:55 -0700 From: Tree <tree@kkn.net> To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] IARU HQ Callsigns Message-ID: <20130709022055.GA18235@kkn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Saw this recently posted:
>The Radio Club Argentino LU4AA and the LUCG (LU Contest Group) put together a 
team for the upcoming IARU HF Championship next weekend and several  stations will 
be giving out the RCA multiplier.
>
>Stations as follows - hosts in parenthesis - :
>
>10 SSB: LR1D
>10 CW LR2H
>15 SSB LR0H
>15 CW LR0F
...

This appears to conflict with the following rule for the IARU contest:

"4.3.3. Only one HQ station callsign per member society per frequency band is 
permitted."

The rules can be found here:http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship

I would interpret a "frequency band" as being all of 10 meters for example.

This is likely the case because of the way the multiplier rule is worded:

"Multipliers: The total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ stations 
worked on each band (not mode)."

In the case above - I am sure the intent of the rules would not have been to 
count LR1D and LR2H as two multpliers in the contest.

Tree N6TR
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