This is what I got back from the ARRL on the club mileage limit.
Courtney Judd K4WI
ex-K4JYO
check out www.k4wi.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison, Katherine, KA1RWY" <kallison@arrl.org>
To: <k4wi@arrl.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: k4wi - club competition
> Courtney,
> Sorry to not get back to you sooner. I had to get a difinitive
> answer about the club competition for you. There has been a lot of talk
on
> the reflectors about the 175-mile radius. The "official" word is that
> nothing has changed as far as the rules. The Contest Advisory Committe
has
> not make any changes regarding the 175-mile radius rule. Please see info
> below that was taken from the Club Competition (General Rules).
> Thank you for the inquiry.
> 73,
> Kathy Allison, KA1RWY
> ARRL Contest Branch Assistant
>
> 8. Club Competition:
> 8.1. Six ARRL-sponsored contests include an ARRL affiliated club
> competition:
> 8.1.1. January VHF Sweepstakes
> 8.1.2. (February and March) International DX Contest
> 8.1.3. September VHF QSO Party
> 8.1.4. November Sweepstakes
> 8.1.5. (December) 160-Meter Contest
> 8.1.6. (December) 10-Meter Contest
> 8.2. Only clubs actively affiliated with the ARRL may participate in the
> club competition. This means the club:
> 8.2.1. Is affiliated with the ARRL, and
> 8.2.2. Has filed an annual report with the Field Services Department of
ARRL
> HQ within the last two years.
> 8.3. For a club to be listed, the following conditions must be met:
> 8.3.1. Entries from three different members of the club must be submitted.
> 8.3.2. The entry must clearly indicate the club name in the Cabrillo file
> header.
> 8.3.3. The club secretary must send a list of all club members eligible to
> compete for the club (not a club roster) and which level (unlimited,
medium,
> local) they wish to enter for each competition within 30 days after the
> contest.
> 8.3.4. A member's score must be shown in the contest results to be counted
> for a club. Only that score shown in the results (or in subsequent
> corrections) will count for the club competition.
> 8.4. There are three categories of club competition:
> 8.4.1. Unlimited
> 8.4.1.1. Club submits 51 or more entries.
> 8.4.1.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
> the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
> 8.4.1.3. All stations and all operators must reside within 175 miles (282
> km) of the club's center.
> 8.4.1.4. All members must attend at least 2 club meetings per year to be
> eligible to submit an entry. (However, if the person has not been a member
> for a year's time, they must have attended one meeting as a member prior
to
> the contest.)
> 8.4.1.5. Those club members who are disabled to the extent that they are
> unable to travel are exempt from the two meetings per year rule. However,
> they must be regularly active in club affairs.
> 8.4.1.6. To be considered bona fide, a member must be active in club
> affairs.
> 8.4.1.7. Members living outside 175 miles and members that operate
stations
> outside 175 miles may not compete in the club competition. (See rule 8.6.)
> 8.4.2. Medium
> 8.4.2.1. Club submits 50 or fewer entries and does not qualify under the
> local club criteria.
> 8.4.2.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
> the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
> 8.4.2.3. The same mileage and attendance requirements apply as the
unlimited
> class club.
> 8.4.2.4. Members living outside 175 miles and members that operate
stations
> outside 175 miles may not compete in the club competition. (See rule 8.6.)
> 8.4.3. Local
> 8.4.3.1. Club submits 10 or fewer entries.
> 8.4.3.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
> the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
> 8.4.3.3. All members must reside and operate within 35 miles of the club's
> center.
> 8.4.3.4. There is no attendance requirement.
> 8.5. Single Operator and Multioperator station scores may be counted:
> 8.5.1. At a guest-operated single-operator station, both the guest
operator
> and the station licensee must be members of the same club in order to
count
> the score for that club.
> 8.5.2. At multioperator stations, at least 66% of the operators must be
> members of the same club for the score to count for that club.
> 8.5.3. A multioperator entry may (optional) utilize non-member operators
> licensed one year or less without including such operators in the above
66%
> calculation. (The intent here is to encourage clubs to recruit contesters
> from newer amateurs without adversely affecting the club aggregate score.)
> 8.6. For the ARRL International DX Contest, DXpedition (operating outside
> the United States and Canada) scores for either single operator or
> multioperator stations may be counted for Medium or Unlimited Clubs even
> though the operation is outside the club's area, provided all other
> requirements are met.
> 8.6.1. For single guest operators at a DX station, only the operator must
be
> a club member and meet all other criteria.
> 8.6.2. For multioperator stations, the score counts for only one club and
at
> least 66% of the operators must be members of that club and meet all other
> criteria.
> 8.7. In conjunction with the two meetings per year rule, the club must
hold
> at least four in-person meetings per year.
> 8.8. A club's entry classification may be changed if, in the opinion of
the
> ARRL Awards Committee, the club has manipulated its number of entries to
> allow the club to enter a lower classification. (For example, if a club
with
> 100 members submits only the 10 highest scores, even if more than 10 of
its
> members wish to compete.)
> 8.9. It is not within the intent of these rules that a club should vote
out
> a member or that a member resign and then be voted back into the club
later
> so the member-attendance rule can be met.
> 8.10. The highest scoring active affiliated club entry in each category
> (unlimited, medium, local) will be awarded a gavel.
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