[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Station Guidelines

[Jeff Clarke]

If someone wants to do a multi-op and remote to a specific station 
location it's pretty easy to setup. I operated WX6V's station remotely 
(from GA) in CA in the CQP this year. I got his station setup to do this 
just a few days beforehand.

Gerry W1VE has a great presentation on using AnyDesk + Skype for remote 
operating.  The YouTube video is here for step-by-step 
instructions:https://youtu.be/Rl8-HR9bQyU <https://youtu.be/Rl8-HR9bQyU>

Allowing the same call to be used in separate locations just opens up 
the possibility of cheating. How do you prove someone was 62 miles away 
vs a couple hundred miles away?

Jeff


On 10/23/2020 01:04 PM, Steve London wrote:
> 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 *
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>>
>> 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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