[CQ-Contest] Easy way to correct answer

[ve4xt at mts.net]

Funny thing is I'm usually in agreement with most of what Rick posts, but...

1. Don't convince us. We don't write the rules. Convince the ARRL.
2. Check: why does it make the slightest bit difference in the least what check somebody sends. This isn't a test of how well someone can remember what year he was licensed, it's a test of how well you copy the exchange. Period. It shouldn't matter, in that vein, in the least what exchange is sent, AS LONG AS YOU COPY CORRECTLY WHAT IS SENT. If someone changes their check to foil those who would rely on databases, SO MUCH THE BETTER!

There is so much pickin' the pepper on the issue of SS exchange that I can't believe that anybody here gives a hoot about radio. What you hear and what you send: those are the only things that matter.

This is not to say that someone who is in ho-hum SCV (no offence, SCV, just trying to remember from my experience which section was the most prolific) should be able to send ND to improve his pileup rate. It is just to say that those elements of the exchange that aren't going to give any station a significant advantage over another (OK, maybe, only maybe, if "73" is proven to be an advantage (by some accounts it is not) we should ask them to prove 73 as a check) should AS SPECIFIED BY THE CONTEST SPONSOR not be an issue for DQ be OK.

Which is kind of what the League has said. And, if you read the rules, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE LEAGUE'S DECISION.

73, kelly
ve4xt


> 
> From: K6VVA <dx35 at hilding.com>
> Date: 2006/11/13 Mon PM 07:54:29 CST
> To: CQ-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Easy way to correct answer
> 
> Hey, folks...this is not Rocket Science.
> 
> My 2 cents about the way the SS Exchange Rules *should* have read (also 
> considering my own recent Paradigm Shift):
> 
> ===
> 4. Exchange: The required exchange consists of:
> ===
> 
> Make that: The required exchange MUST consist of, and include,  ALL of the 
> following component segments in exactly the sequence as described below 
> (4.1 + 4.2 + 4.3 + 4.4 + 4.5 - in that order).  Violation of any of the 
> following exchange rules will automatically disqualify the participant.
> 
> ===
> 4.1. A consecutive serial number;
> ===
> 
> Make that:  A consecutive serial number, beginning with number "001" (Zero 
> Zero One) in each separate SS event. You are prohibited from starting with 
> any number other than Serial Number "1" (or "001").  Cut" number 
> substitutions are NOT allowed (i.e., the letter "T" can not be used in 
> place of a "Zero"), however for serial numbers "001" through "009", the two 
> leading zeros may be omitted.  For serial numbers "010" through "099", the 
> one leading zero may be omitted.  Sorry, but history dictates that we can't 
> formally delete any leading zeros from the serial number, but we can 
> informally "overlook" their omission.
> 
> ===
> 4.2. Precedence;
> ===
> 
> No change to the following:
> 
> 4.2.1. "Q" for Single Op QRP (5 Watts output or less);
> 4.2.2. "A" for Single Op Low Power (up to 150 W output);
> 4.2.3. "B" for Single Op High Power (greater than 150 W output);
> 4.2.4. "U" for Single Op Unlimited;
> 4.2.5. "M" for Multi-Op;
> 4.2.6. "S" for School Club;
> 
> ===
> 4.3. Your Callsign;
> ===
> 
> Make that:  Your Callsign, however participants using a Precedence of "Q" 
> are specifically prohibited from appending "/QRP" to their callsigns during 
> any SS event.  Violators will be prosecuted.
> 
> ===
> 4.4. Check (the last two digits of the year you were first licensed);
> ===
> 
> Make that: Check (the last two digits of the year you were first licensed 
> as an Amateur Radio Operator).  Absolutely no substitutions of "first 
> licensed" dates may be made by any participants, for any reason. If you do 
> not know the year you were "first licensed", you are prohibited from 
> participating in any SS event because of your stupidity.
> 
> ===
> 4.5. ARRL/RAC Section
> ===
> 
> Make that:  *YOUR* ARRL or RAC Official Section where you physically 
> operate the SS event with any/all radio equipment and antennae 
> used.  Absolutely NO other Section name or abbreviation may be 
> substituted.  Rules pertaining to "Remote Station" operations where two 
> different ARRL/RAC Sections are involved have not yet been decided upon, so 
> please don't do this yet.
> 
> (Example: NU1AW would respond to W1AW's call by sending: W1AW 123 B NU1AW 
> 71 CT, which indicates QSO number 123, B for Single Op High Power, NU1AW, 
> first licensed in 1971, and in the Connecticut section.)
> 
> Although History calls to "tow-the-line" in this matter, we will provide a 
> degree of "Latitude" for the use of creative, QRM-busting phonetics as 
> substitutions for the official ARRL or RAC Section names.
> 
> (Example:  If you operate from the Arizona, USA ARRL Section ("AZ"), you 
> may use phonetics like "Astro Zombie", etc., as long as the individual 
> words equate to exactly the Alphabetic characters of the official ARRL or 
> RAC Section names in sequence.  CW SS participants must send exactly the 
> same official ARRL or RAC Section names via intelligible International 
> Morse Code (use of American Morse Code in any CW SS event is Prohibited).
> 
> ===
> 
> Did I miss something?
> 
> FWIW & 73...
> 
> RIck, K6VVA
> 
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