[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rule Changes

[Maarten van Rossum]

Randy,

Is the following still allowed?
A: "CQ contest PI4DX"
B: "W3X.."
A: "W3X? 59 14"
B: "W3X*YZ* 59 5"
A: "YZ thanks, PI4DX"

Or do I have to repeat the entire callsign?

73, Maarten PD2R
PI4DX Contest group


2012/10/17 Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>

> One small correction.  The rules do NOT require both stations to sign their
> calls on every QSO.  It only asks a station that is Running to correctly
> say
> the callsign that they put into their log.  A station that is tuning the
> band and calling stations is not required to say both calls.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Charles Harpole
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:15 PM
> > To: Steef
> > Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rule Changes
> >
> > Hurray for Randy and the CQ Contest Committee for finally facing the
> > shady ways contesters have used to artificially raise their scores.  The
> > best reasons for contesting is that is sharpens skills in passing
> > messages completely and accurately.  I know my contesting helped me in
> > running the Hurricane Watch Net.
> >
> > Hurray for insisting that every contact contains both call signs on BOTH
> > ends of the QSO.  Now maybe I will not have to wait hours for some "rapid
> > runner" to i.d.  Too, it used to be that the FCC REQUIRED stations in
> > contact to identify both themselves and the station they are in QSO with.
> > This helped regulatory monitoring but was dropped in favor of only self
> > identifying.... maybe about the time when FCC monitoring faded away.  I
> > can see this rule assists the new Contest Committee monitoring, hee hee.
> >
> > I was a ham for 30 years before I even heard of these ways of
> > cheating/shading.  .  Boy, was I innocent, and wondered how I scored so
> > low!  About that time, I learned of the practice of DX "insurance
> > contacts"
> > too.
> >
> > 73, Charly
> >
> > PS, Dont forget to thank ARRL for taking the lead in these matters...
> > wait, skip that....  ARRL does not even publish everyone's scores in QST.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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-- 
73, Maarten PD2R