[CQ-Contest] How many pins may dance???

[Hank Greeb]

So, I gather when the rules are against National Regulations or Laws, we 
encourage folks to break the law or use secondary level stations rather 
than changing the rules?

Is NOT a rule which says "one multiplier per IARU affiliated National 
Organization"sufficient?  Why can the rules NOT be changed to 
accommodate several (multiple, for tha matter) calls each, like IO4HQ 
and IO1HQ both on 160 SSB, for example but stating 599 ARI as the 
exchange?  Dothe organizers believe that this would confuse the 
participants? Why? The rules specifically state that there is only one 
multiplier per band from each IARU Affilate in a country?

Methinks the rules committee, were not thinking internationally 
aboutrules in othercountries which are different from FCC rules.

As for disqualifying, mentioned in another message, IF some "high and 
mighty" person or group were to actually do this, they'd need to sift 
through past years' entries and disqualify the national socieities who 
followed their nations' laws but violated the ill-conceived rules of 
this contest.

Let a sleeping dawg lie.  This has apparently been happening for several 
years, so overlook it one more year.  Change the rules next year, and 
stop arguing about how many pins may dance on the head of an angel.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 7/9/2013 4:23 PM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:49:02 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Bob I.2.WIJ" <i2wij at yahoo.com>
> To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU HQ Callsigns
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> Hi Tree and all,
>
> since dear friend Jesus has difficult to type the? name of Italy and ARI, I do for him.
>
> ARI like our Japanese friends of JARL is "violating" the 4.3.3. rule since many years and we also have never been notified. In Italy we have restrictions in callsign assignement and we have to strictly be compliant with Call Areas. This is the list of the Station Callsign we will use in the next IARU HF Championship
>
> 160 CW IO4HQ
> 160SSB IO4HQ
> 80 CW IO1HQ
> 80SSB IO4HQ
> 40 CW IO1HQ
> 40SSB IO4HQ
> 20 CW IO5HQ
> 20SSB IO1HQ
> 15 CW IO9HQ
> 15SSB IO8HQ
> 10 CW IO9HQ
> 10SSB IO9HQ
>
>
> Maybe it is time to rethink that rule which intent has nothing to do with the multiplier count.
>
> I wish a very good contest to all and have fun!
> ?73
> --
> Bob, I2WIJ
> A.R.I. HF Contest Manager?
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> Da: Bob I.2.WIJ <i2wij at yahoo.com>
>> A: Roberto Soro <i2wij at yahoo.com>
>> Inviato: Marted? 9 Luglio 2013 15:35
>>
>>
>> you are right dear Tree. Is being breached a basic rule of the contest, other HQs in EU are failing this rule.  You must use the same call in a band and TWO MODES (SSB/CW). Greetings. 73 de Jesus EC1KR
>> Organizer HQ EA IARU 2013
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] En nombre de Tree
>> Enviado el: martes, 09 de julio de 2013 4:21
>> Para: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Asunto: [CQ-Contest] IARU HQ Callsigns Saw this recently posted:
>>
>> The Radio Club Argentino LU4AA and the LUCG (LU Contest Group) put together
>> a team for the upcoming IARU HF Championship next weekend and several >stations will be giving out the RCA multiplier. > >Stations as follows - hosts in parenthesis - : > >10 SSB: LR1D >10 CW LR2H >15 SSB LR0H >15 CW LR0F ... This appears to conflict with the following rule for the IARU contest: "4.3.3. Only one HQ station callsign per member society per frequency band is permitted." The rules can be found here: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship I would interpret a "frequency band" as being all of 10 meters for example. This is likely the case because of the way the multiplier rule is worded: "Multipliers: The total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ
>> stations worked on each band (not mode)." In the case above - I am sure the intent of the rules would not have been
>> to count LR1D and LR2H as two multpliers in the contest.   Tree N6TR
>>
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