[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rules Changes

[Radio K0HB]

"Penalties" are for lawbreakers and sinners.

You farkle up a QSO, you don't get credited with the Q.  What could be
simpler?

You want a penalty, break the 6th Commandment!

73, Hans, K0HB


On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Bill Tippett wrote:

> I noticed this from today' s The Daily DX:
>
> >During the Contest forum at Dayton last weekend CQ WW DX Contest
> Director K5ZD, Randy Thompson, did an interesting presentation on the
> best contest in the world, the CQ World Wide. He mentioned several
> changes that will take place starting this year. The busted QSO
> penalty will change from the removal of three QSOs to the removal one
> (sic...
> probably meant to be "of") two. In addition the CQ WW Contest is working
> on new DQ criteria for dirty signals (i.e. wide signals, etc.). Full
> details are
> expected to be announced well before the contests.
>
> I'm surprised there's been no discussion of the busted QSO penalty change.
>  Was
> this the decision endorsed by the full committee?  IMHO this is one of the
> unique features of the CQ WW that encourages logging accuracy.  Changing
> the penalty from 3 QSOs to 2 may seem insignificant but it potentially
> violates the integrity and consistency of past records, which I feel should
> not be done without careful consideration and discussion.
>
> I applaud the move to DQ based on dirty signals.  With the advent of SDR
> spectrum recordings, I hope this can be enforced.
>
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
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