[CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A

[Sam Ferris]

Hmmm.  Technically there is nothing stopping someone who operates the 9A contest from sending that same log for the RAC time contest period to be counted for the RAC contest.  I already have one, although the DL op asked that it be considered a checklog.  As long as the entry category and time period of the log - this year Dec 19, 2020 is correct (exchange) a 9A log could also count for RAC Winter.  Ops don't have to work Canadians to enter and the base mult for entries with no Canadian mults  is 1, not 0.  Have not worked the 9A contest in quite some time, but if the exchange is just signal report and serial number for non-Canadian entrants, then presumably the log could be considered.

Sometimes the RAC winter contest goes before the typical NA holiday period, with the date being selected to avoid Dec 24, 25, 26 and 31.

Sam
VE5SF
RAC Canada Winter Contest Manager.

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+ve5sf=sasktel.net at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Laney
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 8:03 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A

A lot of the European and especially eastern European contests give credit for QSOs only if both stations send in a log.  I was concerned that I may have wrongly decided which contest one or two stations were in this weekend and may have cost them a lost QSO or penalty.  I kept two separate logs, but it wasn't easy if a station called me after I sent CQ RAC or if I called a TEST station who didn't say which contest he was in.  Generally, on Saturday when the contests overlapped, I had to assume that an European and particularly an eastern European station was in the 9A contest if I was calling him.  If he called me after I called CQ RAC and he was really in the 9A contest, I guess he assumed to risk.  73, John, K4BAI.

On 12/19/2020 8:02 PM, Dan Violette wrote:
> I suspect if you do not turn in an RAC log they will be uniques at worst.  You being in more than one log submitted they won't even be that.  They will be counted as good QSOs (which they actually were).
>
> Dan KI6X
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest 
> <cq-contest-bounces+danki6x=socal.rr.com at contesting.com> On Behalf Of 
> Steve Bookout
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 3:37 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RAC + 9A
>
> Scott,
>
> I was in the 9A contest on/off today.  I specifically set my CQ message to '9A test NR4M NR4M' to dissuade people in the RAC from calling me. After the 3rd VE, I just entered '001' instead of 'ON', 'SK' or whatever.  N1MM didn't like what they sent and I didn't feel like arguing with them.
>
> Then, I changed my 'TU' message to 'TU NR4M 9A TEST', and still got 
> RAC contestants.  There were also US stations sending me serial 
> numbers of
> 300 plus.  Find that hard to believe that were in the 9A contest.  I'm quite sure these were people just clicking on spots and didn't have the ability to actually copy what I was sending.
>
> There surely will be a bunch of NIL's.
>
> 73 de Steve, NR4M
>
> On 12/19/2020 5:30 PM, K9MA wrote:
>
>> It's too bad these contests overlap, and that the exchanges are so 
>> similar. Not all those calling CQ specify which one they are in. 
>> There surely will be a lot of NIL penalties.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Scott K9MA
>>
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