[CQ-Contest] Re. TO7A Debacle

[Joe]

Personally,
My thought for a penalty was just similar to Brady the football player. 
He got the 4 game no play.  I'm not advocating a can't play next year in 
the contest. BUT a probationary category.

Where, you clearly broke rules in 2014. And were DQ'ed for 2014. And are 
put on "Probation"

Probation allows you to still participate in the 2015 event, BUT un-able 
to win any awards or be included in the standings.

Your entry is a sidebar "Probation ummm Class?" Used by the organizers 
as a checklog more or less.

AND If the log is clean of anything that would cause another DQ, or even 
a warning, then your probation is over and are fully free to compete in 
2016.

But another violation be it DQ value or even "Warning" level, causes 
your probation to continue for another year.  Learn how to Operate 
according to the laws, and your probation is removed. can't learn and 
well too bad.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 5/15/2015 7:26 PM, David Siddall wrote:
> To be clear on the rules, CQWW 2014 contests were NOT "WRTC2018 qualifying
> events" so no penalty automatically applies to those disqualified for the
> 2014 CQWW contests.  CQWW 2015 & 2016 contests ARE "WRTC2018 qualifying
> events".  73,  Dave K3ZJ
>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Michael Adams <mda at n1en.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The WRTC2018 qualification rules include this passage:
>>>
>>>> Any operator whose callsign is published as being disqualified from any
>>>> WRTC2018 qualifying event forfeits the right to apply. If the entry is
>>> in a
>>>> multi-operator category, all listed operators forfeit the right to
>>> apply.
>>>
>>> That, being excluded from this year's results, and being the public focus
>>> of quite a bit of unwanted attention (now and in the future) are probably
>>> sufficient penalties.
>>>
>>> I hate to see anyone dragged through the mud, but hopefully any distress
>>> caused by the public attention and the WRTC impact will encourage everyone
>>> to behave better in the future.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Adams | N1EN | mda at n1en.org
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> Ok,
>>> A violator was found, and has been prosecuted by both the contest
>>> sponsors, and in the eyes of the rest of the contesting world.
>>> I may have missed this next part. But what is happening next? The station
>>> was DQ'ed from this years contest.
>>>
>>> OK,
>>>
>>> Now what if any penalties are imposed and for how long for the future?
>>>
>>> Joe WB9SBD
>>>
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