I define FAQs as questions asked because the "rules" or "manuals" are
poorly written or are incomplete. That is clearly the case with this issue.
10-15 years ago, not long after moving to W6, I operated in a BARTG RTTY
contest, reading the rules about exchanges, hours, etc. I signed my
call, K9YC, operating from the mailing location on my license. I was
disqualified because I didn't sign /6. That requirement was buried in a
paragraph about scoring. I haven't worked that contest since.
This has long been an issue with ARRL contests, with applicable rules
scattered between multiple documents. Thankfully rules for some ARRL
contests are being re-written so that everything is one document.
73, Jim K9YC
73, On 2/10/2022 12:13 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
Randy - the rule is nowhere to be found here:
https://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm
or anywhere else on this website. I'm supposed to know to look at another
contest website and apply the same FAQ here?
Of course going from QRP to high power doesn't invalidate QSOs - that's the
point!
In the absence of a rule against asking stations to QSY, changing your mind
and entering single band after starting all-band also wouldn't invalidate
QSOs. (Assuming an all-band station would ask for QSYs, because why
wouldn't they?)
73 jeff wk6i
On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 12:02 PM Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com> wrote:
The rule does cover this. The FAQ is to help people understand how that
rule is interpreted. Otherwise the rules would be tens or hundreds of
pages.
As for your category change example… going from QRP to High power doesn’t
invalidate any of the QSOs that were made. Same is true for someone who
decides to turn on the cluster later in the contest. As long as they enter
assisted, then all QSOs made are within the category rules and therefore
don’t violate any rules.
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