[SCCC] FW: [CQ-Contest] Conditions Good for CW Sprint and About that DQ Rule...

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On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 4:37 PM Dennis Younker NE6I <NE6I at cox.net> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+ne6i=cox.net at contesting.com> On
> Behalf
> Of Ward Silver
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2022 7:23 AM
> To: CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Conditions Good for CW Sprint and About that DQ
> Rule...
>
> Conditions seem quite good this morning with SFI=126 and K=2 this morning.
> That bodes well for that all-important first hour of 20 meters, keeping
> skip
> reasonably short on 40, and for those participating from the far reaches in
> KL7, KH6, MAR/NL, and the Caribbean or Central America. We have a line of
> precipitation moving across the northern midwest and another region in
> VA/NC
> so there may be some QRN on 80 and requests for fills.  All in all, it
> looks
> like a good September domestic contest.
>
> I got a couple of questions from new Sprinters worried about being DQed if
> their error rate exceeds 5% (see Rule 16 at
> https://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf).  My response is that DQs are
> reserved
> for those who deserve it because they are caught attempting to cheat!  A
> large score reduction is a flag to look more closely at the log - that's
> all. To my knowledge, no one has been DQed simply because of errors, so
> don't let that deter you from jumping in and giving Sprint a try.  We
> should
> update that rule to be more clear about its intent.
>
> Thanks for the interest and participation. CQ NA!
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
> Manager, CW Sprint
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