CQWW rules changes
The Good
1) SO non-assisted
2) classic category
3) club circle change - I may be able to join a real contest club now
The Bad
1) exact frequencies - non-compliance means you are a check log.
"A log without all required information may be reclassified to check
log"
2) no audio = DQ. "provide a complete recording of the contest
operation audio as heard by the operator. Failure to do so may result
in the entry being disqualified"
3) 5 day log deadline
So before I even turn on my radio I am either a check log and
possibly DQed, if I score well enough. With a serious effort I will
be a check log at best. Gee thanks
Questions I wish Randy would answer
1) How many do not log exact frequencies? this can be derived from
the logs
2) How many record the audio? Randy does this anyone else?
3) How many miss the 5 day deadline?
KE3X said "If you want to retain SOAB Unassisted and have results
that mean something, then logging the frequency for each QSO and
recording your effort is the price of admission".
Be careful what you ask for. If these rules are implemented and
followed here is what may happen
No exact frequencies = check log exactly why I do not operate RDXC
No audio recording = DQ
Not everyone has the two capabilities mentioned above or wants to go
through the trouble.
These two rules relegate 99% to the status of participant since they
are no longer considered a competitive entry (for not complying)
Kind of like being a walker in the Boston marathon or a 5k
I am actually training for a 5k, a lot of similarities to radio contests
various categories, wide variety of different people involved,
various levels of competitiveness
But unlike radio contesting,
if I win my category I will not be a checklog because I used last
year's sneakers
And I don't have to supply a video of my run
The exact frequency and recording rules are punishing the many due to
the cheating of a few. The contest committee may have won the battle
but may be losing the war by declaring 99% to be ineligible before
the contest even starts.
So Dink, how about I fly out to Seattle and you and I go out to
dinner on November 28 and reminisce about the good old times. That
seafood place on the waterfront looks good
73 Scott W2LC
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I am mystified why some versions of N1MM seem to do what Joe says
about changing the manually entered frequencies to 000 when the
Cabrillo file is created. I am looking at a Cabrillo log for this
year's FL QSO Party for W4AN/M. We had RFI problems and, after the
first few minutes, we lost rig control. Every time we chanaged
bands, we entered the exact frequency. We made only a few S&P QSOs.
The Cabrillo file shows the frequency we enetered as our run
frequency each time we changed bands. This was some version of N1MM
and was not N1MM+. If this is some improvement that has been made to
N1MM+, someone should correct it back to what it did for us in FQP.
73, John, K4BAI.