[CQ-Contest] New Rules!

[MikeR]

Outstanding suggestions! Seems like they should have been posted 24 days
ago, but the imperative to join Procrastinators Now must have overridden the
priority.
73 Mike NF4L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Gates" <regates at kingwoodcable.com>
To: "cqcontest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] New Rules!


> Now that the dust has finally settled on two rather contentious contesting
> issues, it's time to get serious and institute some new rules that would
apply
> to all contests.  These new rules are way past due and need to be
implemented
> immediately.  Contest organizers take note!
>
> Rule #1:  US operators may not speak with a foreign accent.  Many, many
people
> have told me this is a serious problem, especially after listening to a
station
> on a run who is not IDing (more on that later), and five minutes later
finally
> discovering the station is in New York or California.  You know who you
are!
> Failure to comply results in DQ.
>
> Rule #2:  All stations operating from US possessions, territories, etc.
outside
> the continental 48 states, must place a suffix on their call with the
prefix
> identification that they used to have before the FCC messed everything up.
It's
> hard enough to figure out where all these stations are calling from.  I
might
> add that many, many people have told me this is a serious issue.
>
> Rule #3:  Stations running on a frequency must ID after a maximum of 30
> contacts.  Ignoring a request for call sign counts as 10 contacts.
Sending
> "Test" without receiving a reply counts as 10 contacts. Sending
> "Test.....pause.....Test.....pause.....Test"  counts as 30 contacts.  The
> station must then ID on it's next transmission.  Failure to comply results
in
> DQ.  Stations that finally ID by giving their call sign twice, but using
two
> different sets of phonetics, will be given a warning after the first
occurrence.
> DQ after the second occurrence.
>
> Rule #4:  DX operators speaking in excess of 20,000 words per minute will
be
> given a warning to slow down to a level that can be deciphered by a normal
human
> being.  Failure to comply after the second warning will result in
> disqualification if the station can be identified.
>
> Rule #5:  Stations running output power that exceeds their country's legal
> limits will be DQed.  Contest organizers will be responsible for
monitoring the
> bands with a new test instrument that integrates several technologies.
The very
> inexpensive device is called a Power Observation Wattmeter (POW).
Utilizing
> measurements of propagation's K factor in conjunction with the MUF, the
> instrument is tuned 500Hz above the transmitted signal's base frequency
> deviation.  This data is then coupled to a measurement of the distance
between
> sending and receiving locations using a calculated rhumb line plot based
on
> magnetic deviation from true North.  The transmitting station's output
power is
> displayed on the POW's digitized readout.  All the contest organizers then
have
> to do is DQ a dozen or so stations.  Even if a DQed station swears he is
only
> running QRP, tough.  Once the word gets around, the problem will
disappear.
>
> Rule #6:  Use of packet spotting, clusters, any skulldugerous use of the
> internet to find new multipliers, etc. is banned for all operations,
regardless
> of class.  A new automated device for monitoring violations of this
policy, the
> Knocking Erroneous Retransmissions (KER) unit, will be employed by contest
> organizers.  This device scans all possible sources used for spotting.  It
then
> posts a spot giving the call sign of an extremely rare DX station.  A note
is
> added, stating that, for various reasons, the DX station is not calling
CQ, but
> is listening on a particular frequency for any callers.  The KER then
monitors
> the frequency for anyone calling.  All callers are DQed.
>
> Implementing these rules and use of the KER and POW instruments will make
> contesting much more enjoyable.  I urgently seek your support by asking
everyone
> to contact contest organizers worldwide.
>
> 73, Bob W7BJ
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