[CQ-Contest] M/S in CQWW

[Bruce Horn]

At 08:31 PM 11/2/00 -0500, DougKR2Q at aol.com wrote:

 >If you are the multipilier station at a M/S and answer some guy and say,
 >"sorry, you are not a multiplier" you are WORKING him. The key word is
 >WORKED. Nowhere does it mention LOGGED or zero points.


I can't find my CQWW CD-ROM, so I'm quoting from the CQWW Contest Handbook 
1994 Edition by Bob Cox, K3EST.

Annotated rules, pg.28, begin quote:

14. Can the Multiplier station work non-multipliers?
Yes, but not for ANY credit at all.

15. What happens when a non-multiplier calls the Multiplier station?
You can not work the station for any credit at all. Tell the station you are
the multiplier station and your station will be back later as the run station.

End quote.

Comments:
Item 14 does not specify that multiplier station can't CQ, but does specify 
that non-multipliers can be worked for non-credit. Why would the multiplier 
station be working non-multipliers? CQing?

Item 15 seems to imply that when the mult station is called by a 
non-multiplier that the multiplier station should not log the QSO ("tell 
them you will be back later"), but also does not prohibit CQing. Afterall, 
why would a non-mult be calling the mult station? CQing?

Have the annotated rules been updated since 1994? I suggest that they be 
updated and that another frequently asked question be added to the M/S 
section: "Can the multiplier station call CQ? Answer: (either yes, with a 
statement as to whether non-mults are to be logged, or no).

I also suggest that the annotated rules appear on the CQWW web site.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn at hornucopia.com)


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