[CQ-Contest] Category hopping

[Michael Clarson]

Interesting Joe Rules do not require you to "declare" an entry category. It
seems, CQ WW rules encourage category shopping especially when it comes to
single band entries. They specifically require single band entries to
include their SOAB log. The rules for this contest have overlapping
categories. Why wouldn't category shopping apply to other overlapping
categories?

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> The problem with that is what if your plan was to do a mono band effort
> like 10 meters only, and the sun does it's thing not in a good way.
>
> Do you now automatically pack it up and go watch TV now? Since you cant
> change your declaration.
>
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> On 12/7/2015 8:11 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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