[CQ-Contest] Preview Draft of 2013 CQ WW Contest Rules

[Albert Crespo]

Good idea, but not reasonably possible to execute.
Is CQ going to set-up  a cut off date that you need to notify  them of 
your operating intentions? If not, is someone from CQ with a "stinking 
badge"  going to pound unannounced on someone's door and demand entrance 
any time  that is convenient to CQ to inspect what is going on?
What if someone  had planned to  do a two transmitter  multi effort, but 
it is learned that  only three  people can show up during the contest 
weekend at different times,and you would rather do a Multi-single,. 
Would that change be allowed?
Or, if you had  had planned to operate as SOAB HP  and you amplifier 
dies just before the contest, you are now precluded from operating as 
SOAB  low power?
This proposal  does nothing  to stomp out the gross cheaters that are 
now prevalent in radio sport contesting.
Most of these clowns are not in areas that are easy to access and are 
there exactly for that reason.
Is CQ  going to send   people to zones 9,  33 and 35 to monitor 
operating?
CQ in the past few years has  stepped  up it's  efforts  to investigate 
multiple signals and other dubious practices to insure the cheaters do 
not have it so easy.
This proposal as written, will cause a lot of problems for the honest 
operators and needs to be withdrawn as submitted.

From: "Martin Durham" <w1md at cfl.rr.com>
To: k5zd at charter.net; "'Contest Reflector'" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: 02/06/2013 01:42:43
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Preview Draft of 2013 CQ WW Contest Rules
>Section VIII
>
>14. A competitor who wishes to be judged for a top score in their 
>category
>must agree to being visited
>at any time during the contest by an observer appointed by the CQ WW DX
>Contest Committee.
>Failure to respond to the Committee request or to allow a Committee
>appointed observer full access to the
>operating location during the contest period may result in the 
>competitor
>being removed from award eligibility for 3 years.
>
>SO...will there now be a 'sign up' sheet on the CQWW site to sign 
>'advanced
>notice' of your operating intentions? This would be a requirement in 
>order
>to be able to schedule a visit to the competitors site.
>
>And, is this for Single OP only or Mulit-OP as well?
>
>73,
>W1MD
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf 
>Of
>Randy Thompson K5ZD
>Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:01 PM
>To: Contest Reflector
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Preview Draft of 2013 CQ WW Contest Rules
>
>The CQ WW DX Contest Committee has conducted a complete review of the 
>CQ WW
>Contest rules for 2013. We ask all contesters to read the new rules and 
>let
>us know if you have questions or comments. We will use this feedback to
>improve the words or to add to the frequently asked questions on the 
>web
>site.
>
>
>
>View a draft of proposed rules here. http://cqww.com/blog/?p=135
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>
>
>The review period closes on June 25, 2013. The official rules for CQ WW 
>DX
>Contest 2013 will be announced by July 2, 2013.
>
>
>
>Looking forward to your feedback.
>
>
>
>
>
>Randy Thompson, K5ZD
>Director - CQ WW DX Contest
>
>email: k5zd at cqww.com
>web: <http://www.cqww.com/> www.cqww.com
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