[CQ-Contest] Second Draft of CQ WW Rules Changes

[Dick Green WC1M]

Ditto -- my thanks as well to Randy and the committee for volunteering their
time to make CQ WW the king of contests. 

The new draft addresses the issues I had with the first one, so I'll shut up
:-).

73, Dick WC1M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Conwell [mailto:bill at conwellpdx.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 11:42 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Cc: questions at cqww.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Second Draft of CQ WW Rules Changes
> 
> I offer my opinions on Draft #2 of the Rules Changes, which I offer
without
> denigrating those who hold different opinions.
> 
> 
> 
> I like the revisions.  We're all venturing into the future without
certainty.  If
> any of the changes proves to be ill-advised, I trust such kink will be
worked-
> out in due course.
> 
> 
> 
> I like the clarification that use of CW decoder is permitted in the
Assisted
> class.
> 
> 
> 
> I particularly like the re-revision of IX(9), which no longer prohibits
correction
> of the log during the contest (but after the QSO).
> 
> 
> 
> I read the first draft proposal about providing a complete recording of
the
> contest *at the request of the Committee* to mean the request was made
> before the contest (just like the request to host an observer).  Others
> construed it as a mandate imposed after the fact.  A rule that more
clearly
> expressed the former meaning would seem like a helpful tool for the
> Committee to have.  Maybe that topic can be re-visited at a later date.
> 
> 
> 
> I am sorry for all the slings and arrows that the Committee's hard work
seems
> to provoke.  Thank you Randy, and others, for your patient service to the
> contesting community.
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> /Bill, K2PO
> 
> Portland, OR
>