[CQ-Contest] 4U1WB disqualified in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB Contest

[Masa Miura, AJ3M]

John,

Thank you very much. Copies of the two letters that I mentioned in my
October 24 email to Terry, N4TZ, were attached to that email to him. Please
see the following from the October 24 email:

As stated in the attached, 4U1WB has been properly licensed by the United

Nations and our Club is allowed to use the call sign from our station in

Washington, DC. The call sign was granted in August 1989 under the

authority granted the United Nations by the International

Telecommunications Union and in coordination with the United States

Administration. In July 1989, the State Department’s Bureau of

International Communications and Information Policy stated in a letter to

the UN’s Chief of Telecommunication Service that authorities at the Federal

Communication Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information

Administration, and the Department of State were consulted about the

issuance of the 4U1WB call sign. According to the same letter, the US

Administration had no objection to the issuance of this call sign by the

United Nations.


73,


Masa
AJ3M



On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:37 PM, <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

> Perhaps sending a copy of the UN issued license would resolve this.
>
> John KK9A
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> To:     CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject:        [CQ-Contest] 4U1WB disqualified in the 2017 CQ World-Wide
> WPX SSB Contest
> From:   "Masa Miura, AJ3M" <masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com>
> Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:50:05 -0400
> List-post:      <mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Greetings All:
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> The CQ WPX Contest Committee decided to disqualify 4U1WB in the 2017 CQ
> World-Wide WPX SSB Contest. The final results were published in the
> September 2017 issue of CQ Magazine and a list of disqualified entries,
> including 4U1WB, is on page 109. See the following website:
> http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_wpx_
> contest/cq_ww_wpx_ssb_
> contest/2017_cq_ww_wpx_ssb_contest/2017_cq_ww_wpx_ssb_line_scores.pdf
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> I sent the email below on October 24, 2017 to Terry, N4TZ (n4tz at
> cqwpx.com),
> CQ WPX Contest Director, regarding the Committee's decision. Terry has not
> yet replied to me. I also copied Rich, W2VU (w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com)
> of CQ Magazine, the Contest sponsor.
>
>
>
> As you will note below, I sent my first email to Terry about the
> disqualification on October 22. He indicated in his email dated October 23
> to me that 4U1WB was disqualified because the call sign was not issued by
> the FCC while the log that I submitted showed the United States as the
> country of 4U1WB's operation. 4U1WB is a United Nations call sign and the
> station is located in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States.
>
>
>
> I do not know if Terry or the Contest Committee contacted me by email
> before the disqualification was published. The October 23 email from Terry
> did not refer to any prior notification. Please see the following from the
> WPX Contest rules:
>
> D. Disciplinary Actions: In the event of a violation, the entrant is
> subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Committee.
>
> 1. DISQUALIFICATION: Entry will be listed at the end of the published
> results and is not eligible for an award.
>
> 2. Notification of Committee actions will be sent by email to the address
> provided with the log submission. The entrant has five days to appeal the
> decision to the Contest Director. After that time the decision is final.
>
>
>
> I looked for such an email in my inbox and spam folder after I found out in
> the CQ Magazine that 4U1WB was disqualified. I did not find any prior
> correspondence from them. I cannot say for sure that I was not contacted by
> email. I believe that some emails are getting lost in cyberspace. It might
> have been in my spam folder and was deleted for some reason. However, I
> would like to highlight that the Contest Director relied on unreceipted
> email(s) and made such an important decision that could have extremely
> serious negative impact on a fellow contester's reputation in the contest
> community.
>
>
>
> I have participated in the WPX Contests many times from the 4U1WB club
> station mainly because I enjoy contesting and being part of the worldwide
> contest community. I will probably never win a major contest from the 4U1WB
> station. Another reason is that the WPX Contest rules include the
> following: Special event, commemorative, and other unique prefix stations
> are encouraged to participate.
>
>
>
> If the Contest Director maintains his position and intends to disqualify
> 4U1WB again in the future because of the same reason that he cited, it
> means that 4U1WB is not welcome to participate in the WPX Contests. 4U1WB
> will not participate in the future unless a positive outcome is achieved.
>
>
>
> I will keep you all posted.
>
>
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> 73,
>
>
>
> Masa
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> Masa Miura, AJ3M
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