Quack additions:
I think there should also be a pentalty for Mobiles operating in FQP from
using inferor antenna to keep the Left coast from hearing them. and then
When we call them not coming back after no more than 2 calls. N4TO almost
always comes back to QQ on 1 or 2 calls, Many others ignore me.
Quack aka K7QQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Gates" <regates@kingwoodcable.com>
To: "cqcontest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 22:29
Subject: [CQ-Contest] New Rules!
> Now that the dust has finally settled on two rather contentious contesting
> issues, it's time to get serious and institute some new rules that would
apply
> to all contests. These new rules are way past due and need to be
implemented
> immediately. Contest organizers take note!
>
> Rule #1: US operators may not speak with a foreign accent. Many, many
people
> have told me this is a serious problem, especially after listening to a
station
> on a run who is not IDing (more on that later), and five minutes later
finally
> discovering the station is in New York or California. You know who you
are!
> Failure to comply results in DQ.
>
> Rule #2: All stations operating from US possessions, territories, etc.
outside
> the continental 48 states, must place a suffix on their call with the
prefix
> identification that they used to have before the FCC messed everything up.
It's
> hard enough to figure out where all these stations are calling from. I
might
> add that many, many people have told me this is a serious issue.
>
> Rule #3: Stations running on a frequency must ID after a maximum of 30
> contacts. Ignoring a request for call sign counts as 10 contacts.
Sending
> "Test" without receiving a reply counts as 10 contacts. Sending
> "Test.....pause.....Test.....pause.....Test" counts as 30 contacts. The
> station must then ID on it's next transmission. Failure to comply results
in
> DQ. Stations that finally ID by giving their call sign twice, but using
two
> different sets of phonetics, will be given a warning after the first
occurrence.
> DQ after the second occurrence.
>
> Rule #4: DX operators speaking in excess of 20,000 words per minute will
be
> given a warning to slow down to a level that can be deciphered by a normal
human
> being. Failure to comply after the second warning will result in
> disqualification if the station can be identified.
>
> Rule #5: Stations running output power that exceeds their country's legal
> limits will be DQed. Contest organizers will be responsible for
monitoring the
> bands with a new test instrument that integrates several technologies.
The very
> inexpensive device is called a Power Observation Wattmeter (POW).
Utilizing
> measurements of propagation's K factor in conjunction with the MUF, the
> instrument is tuned 500Hz above the transmitted signal's base frequency
> deviation. This data is then coupled to a measurement of the distance
between
> sending and receiving locations using a calculated rhumb line plot based
on
> magnetic deviation from true North. The transmitting station's output
power is
> displayed on the POW's digitized readout. All the contest organizers then
have
> to do is DQ a dozen or so stations. Even if a DQed station swears he is
only
> running QRP, tough. Once the word gets around, the problem will
disappear.
>
> Rule #6: Use of packet spotting, clusters, any skulldugerous use of the
> internet to find new multipliers, etc. is banned for all operations,
regardless
> of class. A new automated device for monitoring violations of this
policy, the
> Knocking Erroneous Retransmissions (KER) unit, will be employed by contest
> organizers. This device scans all possible sources used for spotting. It
then
> posts a spot giving the call sign of an extremely rare DX station. A note
is
> added, stating that, for various reasons, the DX station is not calling
CQ, but
> is listening on a particular frequency for any callers. The KER then
monitors
> the frequency for anyone calling. All callers are DQed.
>
> Implementing these rules and use of the KER and POW instruments will make
> contesting much more enjoyable. I urgently seek your support by asking
everyone
> to contact contest organizers worldwide.
>
> 73, Bob W7BJ
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