[CQ-Contest] Kudos to CQWW Committee

[Pete Smith]

Fascinating - just a few years ago the position of the CQ Contest Committee was "no way we will ever release a single QSO."  Aside from the ARRL issue, I wonder what happened.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 09:49 PM 10/15/2006, Jeff Maass wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of VE5ZX
>> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:30 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Kudos to CQWW Committee
>> 
>> I was reading the 2006 CQWW rules in preparation for the SSB 
>> contest. A single sentence at the end of rule 5 of the log 
>> instructions caught my eye. 
>> It did not exist in the 2004 & 2005 rules.
>> 
>> "By submitting a potential high-scoring log to the CQ WW 
>> Contest, the entrant agrees to have the log open to the public."
>> 
>> http://www.cqww.com/WW%20Rules%202006.pdf
>> 
>
>Does this mean that *all* CQWW contest QSOs from top stations will no longer be valid for
>DXCC credit?
>
>>From DXCC rules, Section III, sub 5:
>
>"5. The presentation in any public forum of logs or other representations
>of station operation showing details of station activity or other
>information from which all essential QSO elements (time, date, band, mode
>and callsign) for individual contacts can be derived creates a question as
>to the integrity of the claimed QSOs with that station during the period
>encompassed by the log. Presentation of such information in any public
>forum by the station operator, operators or associated parties is not
>allowed and may be considered sufficient reason to deny ARRL award credit
>for contacts with any station for which such presentations have been made.
>Persistent violation of this provision may result in disqualification from
>the DXCC program."
>
>73,  Jeff K8ND
>
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