[CQ-Contest] Attention CQWW SO2R Competitors

[Filipe Lopes]

Steve,

My opinion is that whatever we say to the Triumvirate nothing will affect
them on their decision! As they did so with the DQed stations in CQ WW SSB
2016! They stick to their decision and period.....

So be carefull next CQ WW not be spotted by your friends, you might get
DQed without even noticing it.



73's Filipe Lopes
CT1ILT - CR6K
F4VPX - TM3M

2017-06-28 16:06 GMT+02:00 Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>:

> If you are not a single-op, SO2R competitor, you can probably delete this
> message...
>
> The current CQWW rules regarding recording of the contest by top
> competitors states:
>
> "Any single operator entrant (see V.A.1) competing for a top three finish
> at the (a) World, (b) Continent, or (c) USA levels, must record the
> transmitted and received audio as heard by the operator for the duration of
> the contest operation."
>
> Note the phrase "received audio as heard by the operator".
>
> I have always followed this rule, splitting my headphone audio between my
> headphones and my recording device. When doing SO2R, this means that my
> transmitted signal is often not present in the recording - the recording
> contains exactly the audio I am hearing. According to the former CQWW
> director, who wrote the rule, I have been following both the wording and
> intent of the rule. If the CQWW committee needed to hear my transmitted
> signal, they had access to full-band, SDR recordings made by independent,
> third parties.
>
> I have it on good authority that the current CQWW triumvirate may be
> planning a change to this rule to require that the transmitted signal be
> present on the recording, regardless of whether the operator was listening
> to the transmitted signal. If you feel as I do, that the current rule
> should not be changed, I urge you to make your opinions known to the
> current CQWW triumvirate - KR2Q, W4PA, W5OV.
>
> Please feel free to forward this e-mail to others who may be affected.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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