[CQ-Contest] CQMM DX Contest unwritten rule

[John Owens NN6U]

Based on the awkward wording in the rules of "shall be considered participating stations from competition", it seems like they are trying to only include people intentionally participating in the contest and specifically trying to exclude casual contacts from non-participants. I agree it seems not in keeping with the spirit of most contests, but I guess the organizers don't like the "I'll put you down for #1 then, ok?" approach.

    73,
    -John NN6U

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+john=nn6u.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Art Boyars
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 07:29
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQMM DX Contest unwritten rule

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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