[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rule Changes

[Maarten van Rossum]

Gentlemen (and perhaps any YL's reading this),

Doug KR2Q brought the following link to my attention:
http://www.cqww.com/rules_2012changes.htm

Rule XII.2 says it all:

*Rule XII.2 - “Log only the call sign you sent during a completed
exchange.” *

*Q: "What should an entrant do if he/she sends a “busted or broken” call
sign during the contest?" *

*Instead of making (only) a manual note, send the corrected call sign (or
the corrected part of the incorrect call sign) during the contest exchange.
*

*For example, if the running station (entrant) pulls out DX1A from the pile
up and sends the QSO exchange, when the answering station replies with
DX1AAT, the running station should send, as part of the current QSO,
either: *

   - *The complete call: DX1AAT, or *
   - *The corrected part: AAT *

*Equally, if the running station (entrant) sends DR2AA and makes the QSO
exchange, when the answering station replies with DR2Q, the running station
should send either: *

   - *The complete call: DR2Q, or *
   - *The corrected part: 2Q, or *
   - *Just the corrected letter: Q *

*When the contest committee reviews the SDR recording, there must be an
indication that the runner (entrant) acknowledged **and corrected the error
**at the time of the QSO. *
*The entrant should **never log **both the wrong call **and the corrected
call. The intent of the rule is to log **only the **correct call sign for
each completed QSO.*

Nevertheless I would like to thank everyone for their helpful replies.

73, Maarten PD2R


2012/10/18 Maarten van Rossum <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com>

> 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
>
>


-- 
73, Maarten PD2R