[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Station Guidelines

[Steve London]

There may not be a "master station". Just a bunch of home stations at different 
QTH's who work together like an IARU HQ-like station. For WAS/LoTW purposes, you 
think it's okay if everyone sends (relatively rare) DC, when all but one of the 
transmitting stations is located in VA or MD ? The DC station might not even 
make any QSO's - just there for contest purposes.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 10/23/2020 07:30 AM, OZ1BII Henning wrote:
> I see no problem defining which state or province - it is the
> state/province where the "Master station" belongs.
> All the participants use the same call sign and the same report.
> 
> -----------------------------------
> * Vy 73 de OZ2I  Henning *
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> 
> 
> Den fre. 23. okt. 2020 kl. 14.59 skrev K8MR via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com>:
> 
>>
>> No requirement that the individual stations must be in the same state or
>> province?
>> Does one send the master station's state, or the state where they are
>> actually located?  If the later, it might provide some good practice in
>> copying what is actually sent.
>>
>> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at outlook.com>
>> To: David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com>
>> Cc: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Oct 22, 2020 10:43 pm
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Station Guidelines
>>
>> April fools day came early?
>>
>> Would love to hear some of the reasoning behind this rather radical new
>> (?) category.
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2020, at 9:15 PM, David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Guidelines Issued for ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Stations
>>> 10/22/2020
>>>
>>> ARRL has issued guidelines for multioperator stations competing in the
>> ARRL
>>> DX Contest (CW and phone). With the global pandemic continuing to impose
>>> restrictions on social gatherings, multioperator contest stations may not
>>> be able to operate normally while still adhering to local social
>> distancing
>>> guidelines. ARRL has taken the decision to make temporary accommodations
>>> for a multioperator station to participate as a team in these popular
>> ARRL
>>> contests, under the following guidelines:
>>>
>>>
>>>   - Team members may operate from their home stations in conjunction with
>>>   the multi-op station.
>>>
>>>   - Their home station must be located within a radius of 100 kilometers
>>>   (62 miles) of the multiop contest station.
>>>
>>>   - Their home station must be located within the same DXCC entity as the
>>>   multiop contest station.
>>>
>>>   - All team member stations must use the same call sign as the multi-op
>>>   contest station for the duration of the contest.
>>>
>>>   - Logging software must be networked, so that all team member stations
>>>   are using a common log.
>>>
>>>   - Individual operators may not work the multi-op contest station or
>>>   other team member stations using a personal call sign or other call
>> sign.
>>>
>>>   - All multioperator rules, such as band changes and number of signals on
>>>   a band, still apply. See the full *contest rules*
>>>   <http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx> for details.
>>>
>>>   - The team must determine and control band assignments, ensuring that no
>>>   more than one team station is transmitting on any given band at a time.
>>>
>>>
>>> The multiop contest station may be staffed at less than full capacity
>> while
>>> maintaining safe practices, so operating with a combination of team
>> members
>>> at home stations and team members at the contest station is permissible.
>>>
>>> The CW contest takes place on the third full weekend in February
>> (February
>>> 20 – 21, 2021). The phone contest takes place on the first full weekend
>> in
>>> March (March 6 – 7, 2021).
>>>
>>> For questions, *contact* <contests at arrl.org> the ARRL Contest Branch.
>>>
>>> 73, Dave K3ZJ
>>>
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