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

[Richard Smith]

 Hi Martin,
I accept your comments about my email.
You make some good points.
73, Rich, N6KT
    On Friday, November 20, 2020, 01:36:01 AM PST, Martin, LU5DX <lu5dx at lucg.com.ar> wrote:  
 
 Hi Rich,
With all due respect, I truly believe Bud doesn't deserve a single bit to
be treated like in your email below.
So sad somebody had the great idea of creating something like  "World and
Continental Records " for CQ WPX Contests and the same plus "CQ Zone
Records" for CQ WW DX.
That simply doesn't exist.
Probably only at an ITU zone level "Records" would make a bit more sense.
Not in large countries like the USA though.
Total nonsense.
It would be better to re-calculate records at a Maidenhead Grid Locator
level and get completely rid of top boxes in the results.
I fully support Bud's decision, which I think represents a attempt to make
a better hobby in the long term out of something that in its "highly
competitive" aspect is pretty rotten.


73,

Martín, LU5DX





El jue., 19 nov. 2020 8:41 p. m., Richard Smith <n6kt1 at sbcglobal.net>
escribió:

>  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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