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

[Christopher Paulin]

As it should be:  the ARRL made a very poor and ill informed decision that
was also very badly executed, to allow self-spotting in their contests.
Many of us are refusing to participate in their contests as a result of
this.  
 
Good on IARU and CQ for refusing to go along with this self-spotting
nonsense, and continuing to run the finest and most well attended contests
in the world.
 
Cheers and 73,
Chris N8ACP
 
 
"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"