[CQ-Contest] Category hopping

[Barry]

Either continue the category you started and hope for better condx next 
year,  or be a checklog for the year.  It's like buying an "all sales 
are final item."   No returns!

Barry W2UP

On 12/7/2015 21:36, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> So if I declare for LP and conditions suck so bad during the contest 
> that I decide to turn on the linear and go for HP I should be 
> disqualified?  How is that any different than bumping up from M/2 to M/M?
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 12/7/2015 7:11 PM, Barry wrote:
>> Based on existing rules, they do qualify for either category. 
>> However, it is a sleazy thing to do.  Other sports are irrelevant to 
>> this situation.
>>
>> Only thing that can be done is change the rules for future events, 
>> such as requiring declaring a category up front.
>>
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>> On 12/7/2015 16:47, ScottW3TX at verizon.net wrote:
>>> Is there any other sport where a competitor can start in one 
>>> category, then in the middle of the race...or even after the 
>>> race...change their entry category.
>>>
>>> I can't think of one, which seems to indicate such action is 
>>> unsportsman-like at best.
>>>
>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you do a spot check on CR3L on the DX Summit you will see they 
>>> were never spotted on more than two bands at a time during the whole 
>>> contest weekend. If they were really Mult-Multi wouldn't you think 
>>> they would've been spotted more? Plus they had only 7 operators, 
>>> which is about what they've had in past years when running M2X.
>>>
>>> Now category switching isn't illegal in the rules but don't you 
>>> think that integrity is on everyone's mind after what happened last 
>>> year? Maybe it should be added to the rules just like having a bad 
>>> or wide signal is.
>>>
>>> Bad call CR3L team . Maybe you should provide an explanation like 
>>> the one we were all waiting for from UT5UGR last year. Maybe you had 
>>> a good reason for doing this?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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