[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Station Guidelines

[OZ1BII Henning]

Wise words from Mike W7VQ - nothing to add.

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* Vy 73 de OZ2I  Henning *
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Den fre. 23. okt. 2020 kl. 20.47 skrev Michael Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net>:

> The request for this "COVID-19 one-year variance" for the ARRL sponsored
> contests originated from a group of EU contesters and through the
> Radiosport department at ARRL HQ. It then went on to the Board's Programs
> and Services Committee, which approved the temporary change in a meeting
> held this Wednesday. While noting that the CQ committee has not made any
> allowances for COVID in their test rules, the motion passed and here we
> are.
>
> The rationale: Not every club station in the world has the ability to
> operate with a bunch of remote operators, the guys in Maine aside!  This
> gives some of the EU club stations the chance to get on the air under their
> "normal" club callsign, despite the pandemic, and be part of a MM team.
>
> I am somewhat prejudiced here, which is why I supported it. I'm one of the
> believers that radiosport is best when it's done as part of a team effort,
> especially if you can get some new hams involved as part of the team. (You
> did read the article in the latest NCJ didn't you?) ;-)
>
> This is actually similar to what the ARRL did as an allowance for FD this
> year. There were hams that hated the idea of what we did then, and some
> that loved it. In any case, overall participation in that event was up over
> last year, despite the pandemic, and in my books that's a good thing. I'm
> sure there are critics over this decision also, but so be it. You run with
> whatever the contest rules are at a particular time, they are subject to
> change.
>
> If you want to run MM in the ARRL DX CW test with 15 ops crammed into a
> single room, have at it. Nothing is going to stop you from still doing
> that. If you have 15 ops all remoting in from homes all over the globe to a
> multi-band 5X5X5 stacked array located in Jonesport, Maine, you can still
> do that too. This provides a third option "for the time being". Whatever
> floats YOUR boat.
>
> "Who will enforce this rule?" You guys will. Will somebody figure out a
> way to game the system? Most likely. There's no big prize money here, and
> the vast majority of radiosport enthusiasts are honest people. Let's just
> get on the air, have fun, and get over this damn virus.
>
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
> ARRL Director, NW Division
> Member, ARRL Programs and Services Committee
> (and contester too!)
>
>
>
>
> > On 10/23/2020 9:44 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yew...  I thought they meant the ops would REMOTE each position from
> their
> > homes.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 11:26 AM Yuri <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Oh yeah!
> > > It's totally in the spirit of today.
> > > If someone can't ride at 40 MPH, let's ban this speed for everybody!
> > >
> > > Yuri  VE3DZ
> > >
> > > On 10/22/2020 11:29 PM, ku8e wrote:
> > > > I agree Randy. How in the world would you enforce this rule? If you
> want
> > > to social distance just don't allow any multi-op's this year.JeffSent
> from
> > > my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> > > >
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