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

Fri Oct 27 12:13:57 EDT 2017

I don’t get it!

The station is properly licensed in the Amateur service.

But CQ Magazine says “You can’t play in our contest.”

I thought this was all about (stealing a phrase from K1ZZ) “Radio boys
playing exuberantly in the ether”.

73, de HANS, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 07:51 Alexander Teimurazov <at at at-communication.com>
wrote:

>
>
>               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
> https://dxnews.com
> https://dxnews.com/forum/
>
>
>
>
> -----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
>
>
>
> --
>
> Masa Miura, AJ3M
>
> masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com
>
> aj3m at arrl.net
>
> masahiro.miura.tu94 at dartmouth.edu
>
> https://www.facebook.com/masahiro.miura.tu94
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- 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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73, de Hans, K0HB
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