[CQ-Contest] Preview of CQWW Rules 2015

[Radio K0HB]

The word isn't onerous.  it is Draconian.

This is AMATEUR radio.  We play with toy radios, and a couple weekends a 
year thousands of the boys and girls all around the world play exuberantly 
in the ether to see how many other girls and boys we can contact.  The 
winner gets no money, no endorsement contract, nothing else of value, just 
bragging rights.

Now we face a requirement to record our playtime, and perhaps having 
chaperones in our stations.

Fugetaboutit!

73, de Hans, K0HB
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Comcast
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:42 PM
To: John Laney
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Preview of CQWW Rules 2015

It's not a terribly onerous requirement,  fortunately. About all you need is 
an audio cable from the XCVR Line Out.to the sound card on your logging 
computer

73, Pete N4ZR
Sent from my iPad

> On May 20, 2015, at 7:47 PM, John Laney <k4bai at att.net> wrote:
>
> The only comment I have on CQ WW rules change is about the Observer 
> Program.  I would be happy to have an observer.  However, I don't know how 
> to record what I hear.  I would need some education and I suppose some 
> sort of recording device (another computer?).  I'd hate to have to take 
> another computer on my trips.  I suppose recording would be different 
> depending on the rig used.  And I wonder about RFI to the recording 
> device.
>
> If the meaning of the rule is that the recording may be requested after 
> the contest is over, that could be very hard on a high scorer who doesn't 
> always record his contests or one who unexpectedly makes a high score.  I 
> do notice that the rule applies to "any entrant" and not just expected 
> high scorers.  If it means that the recording can be requested prior to 
> the contest (not practical since the committee won't know definitely whom 
> they want to record), I'd have no problem with that.
>
> I guess the rule change, if adopted, means that all of us will have to 
> find out how to make a recording and do it for every contest.
>
> 73,
>
> John, K4BAI/PJ4A.
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