[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Station Guidelines

[rjairam at gmail.com]

Quite simply - this rule was meant to allow those who would normally
participate in an m/m to socially distance themselves. It's not some
sort of weird fetish or obsession. It's an accommodation to allow
people more chance to play, in a different sandbox, just for this
year.

There is less of a danger with M/2 or even M/S as you can easily
socially distance those. But M/M you have a lot of people in an
enclosed space. That is the context behind this temporary rule change.

73
Ria, N2RJ

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 9:32 PM Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
>
> Ria,
>
> I don't understand why you are focusing so much on M/M?  They are a very
> small percentage of the entities in just about every DX contest? Do the
> rules have to be written to appease them?  M/S and M2X are much more
> popular. As I stated in a previous message it's really easy to setup a
> remote to one station location. Having one call sign at multiple
> locations is too confusing especially if the are sending separate QTH's
> in their exchange. Plus it's not fair to those who don't operate at
> multiple locations because they usually have to deal with some
> inter-station interference which would be eliminated at separate locations.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 10/27/2020 06:34 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> > Mind you - this is not together with the conventional M/M category. This is
> > separate. I think this is where the confusion lies.
> >
> > 73
> > Ria
> > N2RJ
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:05 PM Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/25/2020 7:23 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> >>> By allowing them to stay at home and use the same call, but follow ALL
> >>> (every single one) of the existing M/M rules, they can still play.
> >> This defies logic! Operators who have stations can "play" at home using
> >> their own calls, which gives other contesters more stations to work. I
> >> see that as a big plus! What am I missing? It's not the CALL of the
> >> contest station, it's the station, including it's antenna system, and
> >> its operators, that make it competitive.
> >>
> >> I've operated at N6RO as part of M/M teams and as part of dozens of FD
> >> and county expedition teams for CQP and 7QP. The fun of doing so is the
> >> in-person camaraderie, learning from others, and, in the case of the
> >> expeditions, setting up and tearing down the stations, NONE of which
> >> happens under this rule change.
> >>
> >> The N6RO team has spent the last six months reconfigured itself to
> >> operate M/M remotely. More of the true spirit of ham radio,
> >> station-building and learning new stuff to meet new challenges. FAR
> >> better than driving several hundred miles to box-top operate a station
> >> that someone else built!
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
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