[CQ-Contest] ARRLDX Single Operator Records have been Eliminated!

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

With all due respect, why not find out from the ARRL why those records are now offline, before jumping to conclusions, and then criticizing based on assumptions?

I’m not saying that you’re necessarily wrong.  Just that you are presuming facts not in evidence.

Let’s be sure of the facts, first.

73, Ron W3WN

> On Feb 25, 2023, at 9:52 AM, "kq2m at kq2m.com" <kq2m at kq2m.com> wrote:
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> Last week I was noticed that my single band ARRLDX contest records and those of my fellow contesters had been "disappeared", and I suspected that they were eliminated because now self-spotting was allowed and the LOW Power maximum was reduced from 150 to 100 watts.
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> The rationalizations I saw coming out of the ARRL are, IMO, pure BUNK.  Old single band records should persist until or unless they are broken, not because of some rule change effectively putting SO into the Assisted Class because of self-spotting, or a 2 db drop in power for LOW power ops.  "Old" records were not eliminated after UBN log-checking started which it tougher to set new records than the previous records.  I am not aware of any practical reason that necessitates the elimination of existing single op NON-Assisted records and certainly NOT for SO HIGH power!
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> In fact, Mark, N5OT states in his excellent write-up that "It's notable that none of the new category records surpassed any of these now-retired records".  That's PRECISELY my point.  It is BIZARRE that a lower score is now considered by the ARRL to be a "new record" merely because these LOWER scores were made after 2021.  What kind of a "record" is that?
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> This action by the ARRL completely disrespects the ops and station-owners of stations where all of those records were set and the effort and strategy required to set them!
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> I have never seen pro sports or the Olympics eliminate records just because rules have been changed, there are new technological advancements, the run-time of the event has been extended, or for any other reason.  Old records that continue to exist and stand the test time despite more advantaged conditions now, become the stuff of legends, NOT stuff to be removed.
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> The ARRL should restore the old records precisely because they ARE the records and they should be updated only if and when they are legitimately beaten under the "new" rules and NOT until then.
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> 73
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> Bob, KQ2M
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