Note the posting to cq-contest below from KR2Q, a member of the CQ
Contest Committee. Harvey, KM4JA, note that you can submit your log for
CQ WW SSB and put an "X" in the Cabrillo log just before "QSO" at the
start of any entry that you don't feel you can claim and it will count
for the other guys and not for you. The examples specifically include
inadvertently making a QSO out of your band limits. So, you can use
this option for any such QSOs and resubmit your log to count for the
club and for your individual scores. 73, John, K4BAI.
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] XQSO and other CQWW questions
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:05:15 +0000 (GMT)
From: kr2q at optimum.net
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
1. The correct way to find out the answer to a question about CQWW is to
send an
email to Questions at cqww.com
2. The wrong way to ask a question about CQWW (and expect an official
response) is
to post a question on Contesting.com
3. XQSO can be used for many reasons, not just for M/S.
a. Let?s say that you are Low Power and hear an all-time new one for
DXCC. You
don?t want to risk not working him, so you turn on the amp and
work him QRO.
Now you can simply flag that QSO in your log as XQSO and remain
honest while
the DX guy still gets credit. XQSO allows for FAIR PLAY by
letting the
entrant retain his LP status HONESTLY.
b. Or maybe you get all wound up in the contest and lose sight that
you've gone over
the band edge for your class of license. You can now flag that
contact as an
XQSO, acknowledging your mistake.
c. You are trying to make contact under difficult conditions; maybe
on 160. You
THINK that you made the contact, but just are not sure and you
don?t get a chance
to work him again. This is a true dilemma (look up the
definition). If you log
it and you didn?t make the QSO, you get a penalty. If you did
work it, but don?t
log it (to be ?safe? for you), you hurt ?the other guy? who now
gets a NIL. So
now you simply enter it as XQSO and both parties are uninjured.
4. XQSO is for accidents; things that are genuine mistakes. It is EASY to
work a
non-mult with the mult station for M/S. This solves the dilemma.
5. XQSO?s should appear in a log only very, very rarely, if ever at all.
If a log is
submitted with XQSO contacts that appear at a rate that is more than
?very rare,?
then clearly these are not ?accidents? and the log may be REJECTED
COMPLETELY, as is
permitted in the RULES. XQSO is NOT a loophole for cheating or
changing categories;
XQSO is a contester-friendly response to addressing honest mistake or
special
situations as cited in (3) above.
de Doug KR2Q
on behalf of the CQWWCC
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