WPX Phone and CW are the 2 CQ contests that specify "local geographic area"
only.
73, Pete N4ZR
At 02:34 PM 5/28/2007, Hank Greeb wrote:
>Okay, where cans't one find the definition of the geographical area
>specified by CQ for its contests? It isn't in the WPX rules. The only
>reference to geographical area is in paragraph XIII
>
>XIII. Club Competition: A trophy will be awarded each year to the club
>that has the highest aggregate scores from logs submitted by members. The
>club must be a local group and not a national organization. Participation
>is limited to members operating within a local geographical area
>(exception: DXpeditions especially organized for operation in the contest
>and manned by members). Indicate your club affiliation on the summary
>sheet or in the CABRILLO file. To be eligible for an award, a minimum of
>three logs must be received from a club.
>
>( from http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm )
>
>This is of importance 2 me, because I'm near the 175 mile radius limit for
>inclusion in Mad River Radio Club's geographical area, as specified by
>ARRL, and may not be within the 170.88 mile radius for CQ sponsored contests.
>
>73 de n8xx Hg
>
>Pete Smith wrote:
>>I was going to submit this for publication in NCJ, but local response has
>>been good enough and the topic is timely enough so that I decided not to
>>wait. Moreover, this reflector is read around the world, which is not
>>generally the case with NCJ, and this is a case where international
>>cooperation is essential. All comments and criticisms are welcome, of course.
>>
>>73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>Any readers of this message are probably aware of the Potomac Valley
>>Radio Club's unprecedented voluntarily forfeiting of the 2006 Sweepstakes
>>club competition. PVRC decided to do this because of unwitting mistakes
>>in the club's management of its competitive "circle," the area within
>>which club members must live and often operate in order for their scores
>>to count for the club.
>>
>>In the course of reaching this outcome, a number of us in PVRC worked
>>hard on understanding and applying available tools for mapping locations
>>and establishing exactly where the club's circle should be drawn. What
>>follows, however, does not represent the club's position, nor those of
>>the other individuals who worked on this. It is simply one contester's
>>proposal for solving a number of problems in club competition that have
>>arisen over the years.
>>
>>First, the current situation. Of the 22 major contests that have club
>>competitions, 4 (all sponsored by CQ) use a 275-km (170.88-mile) radius
>>circle. 10, including all ARRL contests with club competition, use a
>>175-mile circle. 4 (the Russian DX Contest and the 3 WAE contests) use a
>>500-km (310.7-mile) DIAMETER circle. Two, sponsored by CQ, specify only
>>that club competitors must reside in a "local geographic area", while two
>>more CQ contests have no geographic restriction on club competition at all.
>>
>>This situation is a real administrative nightmare for large contest clubs
>>that are attempting strict compliance with the rules. Simply drawing
>>different-radius circles around the same center point doesn't work
>>terribly well, because no club's members are distributed symmetrically
>>within the club area. Further complicating things, the Russian DX
>>Contest requires that the club circle be centered on a headquarters club
>>station, which most of the major US clubs, at least, do not have. Many,
>>many members are in-area for one contest, out for the next, and so on.
>>
>>What I am suggesting is that the major contest sponsors agree on a common
>>definition of the club circle, to promote club participation in their
>>contests. Simply:
>>
>>A 300-km (186.4-mile) radius club area (circle) would be used for all
>>contests with club competition (and for unlimited club competition, in
>>ARRL parlance);
>>
>>If the property where a club member resides is entirely within the club
>>circle, or if the circle passes through that property, then that member
>>would be considered to reside within the club area; and
>>
>>If a station is located on such a property, it would be considered to be
>>within the club area. Each club would declare (and have the option to
>>change) its circle center no more often than once per calendar year, to
>>accommodate population trends and other factors.
>>
>>By establishing a uniform circle definition, we will enable clubs to tell
>>their members and prospective members definitively whether their scores
>>can count toward club competition. Because the 300-km. radius is
>>slightly larger than any of the current standards, nobody currently
>>in-area will be penalized by the change. The circle most dramatically
>>affected would see its radius grow by 50 Km.
>>
>>Comments? Which major contest club will be first to petition the
>>sponsors for the change?
>>
>>73, Pete N4ZR
>>
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