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

Fri Oct 27 03:53:29 EDT 2017

              Dear Masa san!
Probably its time to recognize 4U1WB as separate entity for CQ Contests (its better to recognize it for DXCC but ARRL is not involved in CQ Contests :-)).
According to current decision of director of CQ WPX Contest if CQ is not recognize you as US thats mean you can apply for separate country for all CQ Contests :-)

             73                         Al 4L5A
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-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Masa Miura, AJ3M
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:50 PM
To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Cc: Terry Zivney; Richard Moseson
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 4U1WB disqualified in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB Contest

Greetings All:

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

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.

73,

Masa

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aj3m at arrl.net

masahiro.miura.tu94 at dartmouth.edu

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---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Masa Miura, AJ3M <masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 6:08 PM

Subject: Fwd: 4U1WB disqualification in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB

Contest: No more 4U1WB in the WPX Contests in the future?

To: k5zd at contesting.com, sbolia at woh.rr.com, k6aw at arrl.net

Cc: Terry Zivney <n4tz at cqwpx.com>, w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Masa Miura, AJ3M <masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:59 PM

Subject: 4U1WB disqualification in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB Contest:

No more 4U1WB in the WPX Contests in the future?

To: Terry Zivney <n4tz at cqwpx.com>

Cc: w0yk at cqwpxrtty.com, f6bee at cqwpx.com, k1ea at cqwpx.com, jh4rhf at
arrl.net,

k1dg at cqwpx.com, k5zd at cqwpx.com, n8bjq at cqwpx.com, k6aw at cqwpx.com,

w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com

Dear Terry:

Thank you very much for your email below dated October 23, 2017 in response

to my email dated October 22, 2017 regarding the CQ WPX Contest Committee’s

decision to disqualify 4U1WB in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB Contest. The

September issue of CQ Magazine included the results for the Contest and a

list of disqualified entries, including 4U1WB. I participated in the

Contest from the World Bank Group Staff Amateur Radio Club’s station in

Washington, DC. I am the President of the Club and we use 4U1WB issued by

the United Nations because of the World Bank’s status as a multinational

development institution.

Please note that the Club is not part of or an agent or affiliate of the

World Bank. It is an association of staff members of the World Bank Group.

The World Bank Group assumes no liability or responsibility for the

activities of the Club.

The purpose of this email is to request that you, the CQ WPX Contest

Director, (i) reconsider the final decision with respect to 4U1WB’s

disqualification; and (ii) inform the contest community that the decision

was completely wrong. I strongly believe that 4U1WB was disqualified for no

valid reason.

You indicated in your email that 4U1WB was disqualified because it was not

licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the licensing

authority of the United States, while the log that I submitted showed the

US as 4U1WB’s country of operation. More specifically, you stated that

4U1WB violated Rule V. (Scoring) C2 that I reproduce below:

2. Special event, commemorative, and other unique prefix stations are

encouraged to participate. Prefixes must be assigned by the licensing

authority of the country of operation.

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.

I am sure that you, as a fellow contester, know that considering an entrant

for a disqualification means that the contest committee is challenging the

operator’s integrity and sportsmanship. I fully understand that the CQ WPX

Contest Committee’s intention is to protect the integrity of the

competition and address any violations of the trust that underlies

radiosport competition. My reputation in the worldwide contest community is

very important to me. Our Club’s reputation is equally important. The

damage was done.

While you might not have seen my own call sign AJ3M in many contest

results, I have participated in major contests, including those sponsored

by CQ Magazine, as a member of multi teams, such as KM4M (at K4JA), KD4D

(at N3HBX), B1Z, KE3X (at N3HBX), HG5C, K4VV, and E22AAA. I have been a

member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) since 1997.

I contacted you on the 22nd, because the published results did not explain

why 4U1WB was disqualified. In fact, quite a few fellow amateurs have

already contacted me to ask me why the CQ WPX Contest Committee

disqualified 4U1WB. I promised to them that I will post a message

explaining this incident to the CQ Contest Reflector later this week.

While I have participated in many major contests, including those sponsored

by CQ Magazine, from 4U1WB, 4U1WB has never been disqualified.

Please note that 4U1WB has a 25-year history of vigorous participation in

the CQ WPX Contests and no previous Contest Director has ever raised any

issue with the validity of the entry, as can be seen at

 http://www.cqwpx.com/searchbycall.htm?cl=4u1wb&submit=Go

In particular, I would like to highlight that the CQ World-Wide WPX RTTY

Contest results for 2017 included 4U1WB’s score as a valid one while the

rule that you cited is also included in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest

rules.

http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_rtty_wpx_

contest/2017_cq_ww_rtty_wpx_contest/2017_07_cq_wpx_rtty_scores.pdf

In addition, I am not aware of any disqualifications of 4U stations

properly licensed by the United Nations, such as 4U1VIC at the Vienna

International Centre in Vienna, Austria, in the long history of such

operations from diverse locations in various contests, including the WPX

Contests.

I will share this correspondence on the PVRC reflector because the 4U1WB

disqualification adversely affected the aggregate score of the PVRC in the

club competition. As I mentioned earlier, I will also post a message about

this disqualification to the CQ Contest Reflector later this week.

Please note that the members of the CQ WPX Contest Committee and the CQ WPX

RTTY Contest Director, Ed Muns, W0YK, are copied on this email. In addition,

Jun Tanaka, JH4RHF, of 4U1VIC, and Rich Moseson, W2VU, of CQ Magazine, are

copied.

Regards,

Masa Miura, AJ3M

President, World Bank Group Staff Amateur Radio Club

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Terry Zivney <n4tz at cqwpx.com> wrote:

> 4U1WB violated rule 5C2:

>

> *2.* Special event, commemorative, and other unique prefix stations are

> encouraged to participate. Prefixes must be assigned by the licensing

> authority of the country of operation.

>

> 4U1 is not assigned by the FCC, the licensing authority of the USA, which

> is

> what the log of 4U1WB showed as the country of operation.

>

> 73

>

> Terry N4TZ, CQ WPX Contest Director

> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 7:30 PM, Masahiro Miura <

> masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> Terry,

>

> I am forwarding the email below to you. Look forward to hearing from you.

>

> 73,

>

> Masa

> AJ3M

>

>

>

>

> *差出人:* Masahiro Miura <masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com>

> *日時:* 2017年10月22日 19:27:14 GMT-4

> *宛先:* questions at cqwpx.com

> *件名:* *2017 WPX SSB 4u1wb*

>

> I participated in the WPX SSB Contest this year from 4U1WB. I just found

> out that 4U1WB was disqualified.

>

> Can you please explain why?

>

> Thanks.

>

> 73,

>

> Masa

> AJ3M

>
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