[CQ-Contest] Released Rules for CQ WW WPX SSB / CW

[Richard Smith]

 Hi Bud,

It's too bad that you don't seem to have respect for operators who compete the contest for which you are now director.

It seems that you intend to change the rules of the WPX Contest based on your own desires to play with the contest rules for your own excitement and intrigue. I pulled a couple of sentences from your email:

Bud wrote: "I am particularly excited
about the possibilities of increased levels of performance (and scores) in
the Single Operator categories now that QSO alerting systems are available
to all competitors.  ....  The possibilities are intriguing."

A lot of serious contesters have put huge effort into WPX Contest operations and are rightly proud of their accomplishments. Does removing a category also result in the removal of the score records for which they strived?  Will the SOAB World Records and the other records now be discarded, and the huge efforts to achieve them now go unheralded?  Would that show respect for the Contesters who achieved those scores?

I'm wondering what other categories will be dropped in the future, if the idea intrigues you?  Will Multi-Two and Multi-Multi be combined next year?  Will QRP be combined with Low Power?  Will SO2R be combined with Multi-Single?

Sometimes I like to think about Contesting in relation to other sports. I think of Contesting as Radiosport. In that vein, I think about Olympic Sports. Would the Olympic Committee combine the 100m run with the 100m hurdles?  Would they put the Javelin and Shotput together as one event?

I would seriously ask you to rescind the rules changes that you have posted, and ask for inputs from the competitors who participate in the WPX Contest, before making changes.

73, Rich, N6KT,  PJ4K,  HC8A, etc.

    On Monday, November 16, 2020, 05:47:05 PM PST, Bud Trench <aa3b.bud at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 The rules for CQ WW WPX SSB / CW are now posted at the CQ WW WPX Website <
https://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm >.

 

The creation of the Multi-Transmitter Distributed category was triggered by
the significant reductions in Multi-operator entries in 2020 as a result of
COVID-19.  Further, it is fully anticipated that COVID-19 will impact the
heritage multi-op participants again in 2021.  I view 2021 as a test case
for the Multi-Transmitter Distributed category, from which we will make
adjustments based on lessons learned.

 

The reasons for allowing QSO alerting systems in all Single Op Categories
(except the Classic Overlay) have been provided.  I am particularly excited
about the possibilities of increased levels of performance (and scores) in
the Single Operator categories now that QSO alerting systems are available
to all competitors.  How will the top Single Ops from previous years adjust
their operating strategies given that all competitors can leverage increased
access to multipliers and high valued QSOs resulting from QSO alerting
systems?  The possibilities are intriguing.

 

I anticipated that some participants would prefer to have the option to
compete without using QSO alerting system, so the Single Op Classic Overlay
was continued after its inaugural authorization in the 2020 WPX contests.

 

The Single Op Classic Overlay category, which was first introduced in WPX in
2020, was shortened from 36 hours to 24 hours to be consistent with the
Classic Overlay category definition used in CQ WW DX.  The Single Op
Classic Overlay continues to support separate scoring and awards in the High
Power and Low Power categories.

 

73,

 

Bud AA3B

 

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