[CQ-Contest] Single band rule WPX RTTY

[Jim Brown]

I define FAQs as questions asked because the "rules" or "manuals" are 
poorly written or are incomplete. That is clearly the case with this issue.

10-15 years ago, not long after moving to W6, I operated in a BARTG RTTY 
contest, reading the rules about exchanges, hours, etc. I signed my 
call, K9YC, operating from the mailing location on my license. I was 
disqualified because I didn't sign /6. That requirement was buried in a 
paragraph about scoring. I haven't worked that contest since.

This has long been an issue with ARRL contests, with applicable rules 
scattered between multiple documents. Thankfully rules for some ARRL 
contests are being re-written so that everything is one document.

73, Jim K9YC

73, On 2/10/2022 12:13 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
> Randy - the rule is nowhere to be found here:
> 
> https://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm
> 
> or anywhere else on this website. I'm supposed to know to look at another
> contest website and apply the same FAQ here?
> 
> Of course going from QRP to high power doesn't invalidate QSOs - that's the
> point!
> 
> In the absence of a rule against asking stations to QSY, changing your mind
> and entering single band after starting all-band also wouldn't invalidate
> QSOs. (Assuming an all-band station would ask for QSYs, because why
> wouldn't they?)
> 
> 73 jeff wk6i
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 12:02 PM Randy Thompson <k5zd at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
>> The rule does cover this.  The FAQ is to help people understand how that
>> rule is interpreted.  Otherwise the rules would be tens or hundreds of
>> pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> As for your category change example…  going from QRP to High power doesn’t
>> invalidate any of the QSOs that were made.  Same is true for someone who
>> decides to turn on the cluster later in the contest.  As long as they enter
>> assisted, then all QSOs made are within the category rules and therefore
>> don’t violate any rules.
>>