[CQ-Contest] CQWW SSB 2017 Effective DQ

[Peter Voelpel]

It happened to me in 2016 as well, so I don´t send any log since then.

After the results were published I checked them and sent an email to the
person who requested the recording.

Of course I got no reply.

73
Peter, DJ7WW

Here the content of my email:

"Hi xxxxx,

You  claimed:

“You are a currently a top three entrant in your category.   If you answered
“NO” to the question above, then please provide your contest recording at
this time.”


As I am not able to do recordings I agreed  with a reclassification of my
log, so marked being assisted which I was not.

Now when I saw results in CQ magazine I found out that your request was
wrong from the beginning.

It is absolutely impossible that I have been a top three entrant in Europe
and it was always unlikely for me in the past.
 
So I wonder how I need to behave in future when working unassisted.

I can´t know from the beginning of the contest where to land in the
entrants.

Are you aiming to get rid of the unassisted category?"

 





-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Samstag, 27. Januar 2018 16:55
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW SSB 2017 Effective DQ

So i received an email from the CQWW Contest Committee. I will be
reclassified to an "Administrative Checklog" for the 2017 CQWW SSB Contest.
This is because i am placing in the top 5 of the QRP Category and i did not
make an audio recording of the contest.

This is ridiculous! i will not be listed in the results. Effectively being
disqualified without the actual DQ label!

I did not record my audio because
A) I did not expect to place highly
B) I did not win or qualify for a plaque
C) I compete for fun

Yes i could have recorded my audio, but i was not expecting to place highly.
I went to a lot of effort to be on the air!
To end up with nothing to show for it in the results is ridiculous.

I would have accepted this if i had placed 1st in the category or had placed
high enough to win a plaque. but not for being in the top 5.
Or even being reclassified into another category. Not to be effectively
disqualified.

I think this rule really needs to be looked at!

Is this what a contester can expect in the future? to be removed from
results, if they unexpectedly place in the top 5!?

This really makes me not want to participate in what is classed as the
biggest contest of the calendar.

Below is the email i received from the committee.

Dear MM3AWD,

We previously requested that you submit an audio recording of yoru CQWW SSB
2017 contest operation, as required in the CQWW Rules.
CQWW Rules (XII.C. Audio Recordings):

“Audio Recordings: Any single operator entrant (see V.A.1) competing for a
top five finish at the (a) World, (b) Continent, or (c) USA levels,
including Classic Overlay, must record the transmitted and received audio as
heard by the operator for the duration of the contest operation. The
recording must be in a common format (e.g., mp3) and should include the
audio to each ear as a separate channel. The recording must be a continuous
recording (not a recording of individual QSOs). Time “off the air” (when not
transmitting or receiving) does not have to recorded. The recording may be
requested by the Committee within 120 days after the log deadline to help
adjudicate the log. The recording files must be provided by the entrant
within 5 days of the request. If no recording is made available, the
Committee may reclassify to an appropriate category, reclassify to
Administrative Check Log, or disqualify the entry
”

Because you did not submit the required audio recording, your entry has been
reclassified to the Administrative Check Log category.

Your score will not be listed in the results. Your call sign will be listed
as an Administrative Check Log.

We welcome you to participate in the CQWW contests in 2018 and sincerely
hope to see you then.

73’s
Bob, W5OV; Doug, KR2Q; Scott, W4PA
Co-Directors
CQWW Contest Committee
73, Scott
MM3AWD

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