[CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes

[Trent Sampson]

One of the bonus that I took from past management of the WPX and CQWW was very little changes to the rules. 
Often I used that as a guide for VK contest managers. 
It appears that this is no longer the case - as the premier contests on the calendar - these changes may see people changing their priorities and looking at other contests- 
Two of the interesting ones on the calender are; 
All Asian - Now allows Skimmer and the like for a Single op - everyone is in the same 
Russian DX - Both callsign AND exchanges must be correct or neither gets QSO credit..
There may be more but these are different approaches to the various problems.. 
Regards
Trent VK4TS 




> From: lknain at nc.rr.com
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:12:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes
> 
> Probably true Yan but as Mike (W0MU) pointed out how will I know in advance 
> that I might be in the top 10 in some category and therefore might need to 
> provide a recording? My granddaughter is a ham but would be hard pressed to 
> float a 100USD for a netbook computer at the moment on her own. So I guess 
> she would need to make sure she doesn't end up in the top 10 such that she 
> needs a recording. [Fortunately,  she does her contesting from my station.]
> 
> 73, Larry  W6NWS
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: XV4Y (Yan)
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 8:18 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes
> 
> Hi Larry,
> 
> These requirement will in practice be enforced only for "top scorers".
> I think neither "newcomers with cheap stations" or "oldtimers with boat 
> anchors" will qualify for top scores.
> 
> It's my opinion, but I might be wrong.
> Someone talked about Chip K7JA winning with an old radio without CAT.
> It's a great achievement without doubt. However this particular example is 
> not relevant as Chip had to spend several hundreds of dollars for his plane 
> ticket and so.
> Buying a used netbook computer for 100$ would have not be an "out of budget" 
> expense.
> 
> 73,
> Yan.
> ---
> Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
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> http://varc.radioclub.asia/
> 
> > Le 22 mai 2015 à 23:00, cq-contest-request at contesting.com a écrit :
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 10:01:03 -0400
> > From: "Larry" <lknain at nc.rr.com>
> > To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes
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> > I realize some of this is reaction to the TO7A events.
> >
> > On the one hand we talk about trying to encourage new contesters but in 
> > this
> > thread we are suggesting possibly more equipment or equipment capability
> > which could be overwhelming to new contester or even an older contester 
> > with
> > limited means. There are still hams without computers (or at least not
> > connected to a radio).  There are others that are running older computers
> > and can't afford to move to something newer.
> >
> > 73, Larry  W6NWS
> 
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