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[Jim Worsham]

I thought you guys might be interested in this.

73
Jim W4KXY
w4kxy@bellsouth.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson@arrl.org>
To: "'VHF List'" <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>; <3830@contesting.com>;
"'cq-contest'" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 3:14 PM


> Good afternoon all:
>
> I know that many of you are spending this up-coming holiday weekend
getting
> ready for the September VHF QSO party.  With that in mind, there are
several
> rules concerns that I would like to take a moment and re-emphasize.
>
> Submission of Entries:
> In the January VHF QSO party, we had several clubs that collected their
> entries from club members and mailed them in one envelope to the contest
> Branch.  General Rule for All ARRL Contests 6.6. reads "Only one entry per
> envelope / email is allowed."  There is nothing to prohibit clubs from
> gathering entries and the club submitting them.  However, if you do so,
each
> individual entry must be in a separate envelope (you may include all of
the
> individual envelopes in a large manila envelope if you so choose.)  This
may
> not sound like a big thing, but there were at 5 clubs submitting group
> entries for the January contest that were mailed from the US postal
service
> after the February deadline for submission - two of which were postmarked
up
> to 5 days after the deadline.  This affected over 80 individual entries
for
> this contest. We are enforcing this rule in ARRL contests.
>
> All entries must be postmarked or emailed within 30 days after the end of
> the contest.  It is the responsibility of each participant to submit their
> entry to the ARRL Contest Branch.  If you choose to send your entry to
your
> club for them to submit, if the club submits it after the deadline it
will,
> in the future, become a checklog.  Clubs are not required to submit
> individual entries on behalf of the club.  A club is only required to
submit
> (within 30 days from the end of the contest) a list of eligible members
(if
> the contest is a Club Competition event).  A club is not required to
submit
> logs or scores of its participants.  We encourage each individual to
submit
> his/her entry directly to the ARRL Contest Branch (with a copy going to
your
> club score keeper if that is your club's policy.)
>
> Use of Packet and Spotting During Contests:
> The question has again been raised about use of packet during VHF
Contests.
> Self-spotting is never permissible during ARRL contests, regardless if it
is
> packet, the Internet, going on the local repeater, or on the propagation
> logger.  Someone else may spot you, but self spotting - or requesting
> someone to spot you - is not permissible. Self spotting includes posting
> your call, your listening frequency, grid square and/or your beam heading.
> The use of non-amateur means (Internet or telephone for example) is never
> permissible for any ARRL contest during the contest period.  We are
prepared
> to monitor packet, Internet reflectors and propagation loggers and will
> consider taking violations to the ARRL Awards Committee for action.
>
> Thanks and good luck in next weekend's contest.
>
> Dan Henderson, N1ND
> ARRL Contest Branch Manager
>
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