[SECC] Announcement from CQ WW DX Contest Committee

[John T. Laney III]

Dear fellow contesters,



Another CQ WW season is just over the horizon.  This CQ WW Contest Committee
update is part of our continuing effort to keep you informed.



The new award program for assisted entrants continues to expand.  Plaques
now exist for high power and low power assisted for the World, Europe and
the U.S.A. and certificates for all deserving assisted winners. An update to
the complete list of available plaques will be posted to cqww.com in the
near future.



In early October, the CQ WW CC will provide another informative Webinar.
Stay tuned for the exact time and date.



This CQ WW Contest Committee update deals three subjects:

1.     Compliance with Rule III.10: Only one signal is allowed on a band at
any time.

2.     What happens to your log after your submit it to cqww.com?

3.     Paper logs



1. Beginning with the 2010 contest season, the CQ WW Contest Committee began
utilizing SDR technology enabling the entire CQ WW contest to be recorded.
We are grateful to several individuals for allowing us to utilize their
recordings. Our purpose was two-fold: To create a “live” archive of the CQ
WW contests and to check compliance with Rule III.10: “Only one signal is
allowed on a band at any time.”  The purpose was to discover whether two
signals actually were on the SAME band at exactly the same time.  You can
find the results of our studies within the CQ WW CW results and the expanded
result on the CQ magazine Web site.



For more than 40 years, multi-multi stations have utilized two or more
stations on a single band. Recently, the use of two transmitters on a single
band has been more broadly adopted by the MS and M2 categories as well.
Many stations utilize either a software or hardware lockout device to
prevent two simultaneous signals.  *However, many do not.*  It is almost a
certainty that unless you have a lockout device, you will violate Rule
III.10.  *Starting with the 2011 contests we are requiring a station with
two transmitters on the same band to utilize a lockout device.* New Rule
III.12 addresses this issue,  “When two or more transmitters are present on
a band, *either a software or hardware device MUST be used to prevent more
than one signal at any one time; *interlocking two or more transmitters on a
band with alternating CQs (soliciting contacts) is not allowed.”



The second part of rule III.12 concerns dueling CQs.  This new rule simply
expands the already existing ban on dueling CQ’s in the multi-multi category
to any station with two or more transmitters on the same band.  The main
purpose of this rule is to prevent, for example, 50 stations from taking up
100 different frequencies on already crowded contest bands.



You can find the full rules for the CQ WW at cqww.com under RULES or in the
September issue of CQ magazine.



2. What happens to your log after it received?



In summary:

A.     A database is created from all submitted contacts.

B.    The database is cleaned up to remove non-callsigns, etc.

C.     The country file current to the contest weekend is utilized.

D.     All logs are treated the same, i.e., the logs are analyzed using the
same country file and callsign database mentioned above.

E.     The final results are produced.



Members of the CQ WW Contest Committee are all active contesters. Log
checking members do not interact or check their own category of entry.



3.  The address has changed for paper logs. All paper logs should be sent
to: Paper Logs, Box 481, New Carlisle, OH 45344, USA. Please mark SSB or CW
on the envelope.



As always, feel free to contact us atquestions at cqww.com.



Thanks and see you this fall in the CQ WW!



73,

CQ WW Contest Committee
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