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

Rudy Bakalov r_bakalov at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 27 13:54:42 EDT 2017 

 What they are saying is that you can play in some of their contests, but not in others. Also, the rules can change from one year to the next without any prior warning.
Rudy N2WQ
    On Friday, October 27, 2017, 1:46:20 PM EDT, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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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