The Meaning of Disqualification Masa, AJ3M, has initiated a thread with a lengthy post about the disqualification of 4U1WB in the recent CQ WPX SSB Contest. Rather than trying to address all of Masa'
Hi Terry, With all due respect, your silence on the details of the case leaves us with only Masas side of the story, which paints his DQ as a capricious act devoid of rational thought. Would you have
Terry, I fail to see the point of your message. Any comparison to high school athletes or other sports is irrelevant. 4U1WB was properly licensed and had entered CQ contests for many years. You have
You are correct in that a DQ shouldn't automatically damage a person's reputation. However simply being disqualified does imply the participant breaking the rules, which tends to default to a negati
That's a pretty convoluted response. You're simply trying to say that disqualification shouldn't necessarily be a black mark, while everyone else is trying to figure out why you made the disqualific
Hi Terry, Thanks for your explanation. With all due respect though, this doesn't look like an explanation, but rather a half baked (I would like to use a different word but I must be respectful) atte
Dear Terry: Thank you very much for your post. I am not here to debate the definition/meaning of disqualification. That was not at all the purpose of my email to you. After all, I am not a native spe
Well put Randy. This is going downhill fast. Bad and sad. 73 Olof G0CKV Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://li
I only check the CQ-Contest Archives about once a month - quite surprised to see this thread about AJ3M being disqualified using 4U1WB callsign. This is completely ridiculous: - Why now, after so man