Great question, Ken.
Was wondering myself...
Yuri VE3DZ
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken
K6MR
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:39 PM
To: cq Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Attention CQWW SO2R Competitors
Maybe I’m missing something here.
“If the CQWW committee needed to hear my transmitted signal, they had access to
full-band, SDR recordings made by independent, third parties.”
So they can hear half of the QSO but not the other half? I don’t get it.
If they have access to “full-band, SDR recordings”, why should I need to record
anything? Thank goodness we little pistols don’t have to bother with this
silliness.
Ken K6MR
From: Steve London<mailto:n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 09:55
To: cq Contest<mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>;
kr2q@optimum.net<mailto:kr2q@optimum.net>; w4pa >> Scott
Robbins<mailto:w4pa@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Attention CQWW SO2R Competitors
If you are not a single-op, SO2R competitor, you can probably delete this
message...
The current CQWW rules regarding recording of the contest by top competitors
states:
"Any single operator entrant (see V.A.1) competing for a top three finish at
the (a) World, (b) Continent, or (c) USA levels, must record the transmitted
and received audio as heard by the operator for the duration of the contest
operation."
Note the phrase "received audio as heard by the operator".
I have always followed this rule, splitting my headphone audio between my
headphones and my recording device. When doing SO2R, this means that my
transmitted signal is often not present in the recording - the recording
contains exactly the audio I am hearing. According to the former CQWW director,
who wrote the rule, I have been following both the wording and intent of the
rule. If the CQWW committee needed to hear my transmitted signal, they had
access to full-band, SDR recordings made by independent, third parties.
I have it on good authority that the current CQWW triumvirate may be planning a
change to this rule to require that the transmitted signal be present on the
recording, regardless of whether the operator was listening to the transmitted
signal. If you feel as I do, that the current rule should not be changed, I
urge you to make your opinions known to the current CQWW triumvirate - KR2Q,
W4PA, W5OV.
Please feel free to forward this e-mail to others who may be affected.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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