[CQ-Contest] Self-spot not allowed in IARU HF Championship

[Stanley Zawrotny]

The IARU is the International Amateur Radio Union. The ARRL and each other countries’ national amateur radio organizations are “subordinate” to the IARU. The ARRL has the computer horsepower to do the processing for the contest, but the IARU sets the rules.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Jun 26, 2024, at 7:29 AM, Paolo, IK3QAR <ik3qar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was sure that the IARU HF Championship was an ARRL contest, and therefore allowed self-spot like the others.
> 
> However, the rules (https://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-world-championship) it is clearly state that self-spot is not allowed.
> 
> In doubt that the rules were not up to date, I wrote to the ARRL Contest manager who replied:
> "As IARU is not an ARRL sponsored event (we process the logs and publish the results), Self Spotting is prohibited in the IARU HF World Championship."
> 
> Was I the only one who had this doubt? :)
> 
> 
> 73 Paolo IK3QAR
> 
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