[CQ-Contest] CQMM DX Contest unwritten rule

[Art Boyars]

I can't figure out what they are trying to stop.  Rather, it seems
backwards if you want to stop falsified QSOs or work-my-buddy QSOs.

I guess I'm not crooked enough.

73, Art K3KU

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 10:06 AM Randy Thompson <k5zd at outlook.com> wrote:

> I operated the CQMM DX Contest in 2023 using the callsign ZF2MA.  It was a
> fun experiment and I was not making a serious effort.
>
> When the results appeared, I saw that I had a score reduction of more than
> 9%.  This is very high for me and much higher than the other stations
> around my score.  I wrote to the contest manager and he informed me that,
> "Only stations that DO NOT SEND LOGS but that appear in 5 or more different
> logs received by the Contest Organizing Committee are validated contacts."
>
> I do not find this anywhere in the rules.  ZF is not rare DX, but I guess
> I had enough callers that 107 of my 1517 QSOs were declared "invalid."
>
> I just wanted to let everyone know of this hidden rule.
>
>
> Randy K5ZD
>
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