[CQ-Contest] The Meaning of Disqualification

[Kelly Taylor]

Hi Terry,

With all due respect, your silence on the details of the case leaves us with only Masa’s side of the story, which paints his DQ as a capricious act devoid of rational thought. 

Would you have similarly DQd 4U1UN? 4U1ITU? Does this mean stations on diplomatic territory are banned from future WPX contests?

If that impression is the one you wish to leave, that’s your right. I don’t understand it, but it is your decision. 

73, kelly, ve4xt 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 27, 2017, at 10:19, Terry Zivney <n4tz at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> The Meaning of Disqualification
> Masa, AJ3M, has initiated a thread with a lengthy post 
> about the disqualification of 4U1WB in the recent CQ WPX SSB Contest.
> Rather than trying to address all of Masa's concerns in one
> long post, I will attempt to compose several focused messages.
> The first message is on the meaning of disqualification.
> Masa sent me the following on October 24:
> "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."
> The meaning of DISQUALIFICATION for the CQ WPX Contest uses the following
> dictionary definition:
> "to put out of a competition etc for breaking rules. She was disqualified for
> being too young." Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd
> Thus, disqualification in itself should not impact ones reputation.
> A recent news story (though not unique), illustrates this point. When
> a high school athlete broke his leg in a cross-country competition, his 
> teammate carried him to the finish line. Both were disqualified because
> they broke the rule that runners are prohibited from touching or assisting
> another runner during the race.  The pair's reputations seem to have been
> enhanced by this event:
> http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/10/high-school-runner-carries-teammate-broken-leg
> On the other hand, if the athletes had been disqualified for using 
> performance enhancing drugs, then their reputations would have been 
> negatively impacted.
> Simply put, disqualification needs to be viewed in the proper perspective.
> I applaud Scott, KA9FOX, for his low-key response on this reflector
> on June 3, 1994 to being disqualified in the 1993 WPX contest for
> signing KG9/KA9FOX:
> "The effort was not serious (nobody would compete seriously from my 
> seriously deficient station) so it was no biggie.  Heck, it gave me 
> something fun to talk about at Dayton!  (wore a name badge
> with "Dee Qued" as the name)"
> Terry N4TZ, CQ WPX Contest Director
> This message posted at 1519 UTC, October 27, 2017
> 
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