[UK-CONTEST] New CQ WW Category

[Dave Sergeant]

On 12 Jun 2009 at 8:49, brian coyne wrote:

> If in cqww I work k6zzz I expect him to be in z3 when he sends that in
> his exchange. If he has set up a remote station in Cape Cod operated by
> landline then he is clearly not in z3. I got z3 in my log but have no
> idea I really got z4/5. Maybe some would say that doesn't matter but it
> does. I am in asia, a long way for 100w to work Ca/Ore/Wa etc.

I agree with much of what Brian says, but he is slightly wrong here. If 
he were to read the new rules, available from the CQ website he will 
see:

"3. Locations: The entrant´s transmitting sites must be located in a 
single country, as defined by the applicable licensing authority, and a 
single zone. Remote receiving sites may be located  
anywhere."

So if he is sending zone 3 then his transmitter must be there. He can 
have a remote receiver located in Cape Cod (or Timbuktu). This may 
certainly help him, ie if he has a good transmitting station but cannot 
hear stations down in the noise from California but can with his remote 
receiver in Cape Cod (or Europe...). But it certainly doesn't help you 
if it makes you think you have been heard in W6 land and have only 
reached Spain for instance.

I certainly cannot get excited with this, and at least I know entering 
as QRP single op I won't be competing with them. But it would irk me 
enormously if I found one of the big DXpedition stations was using this 
on a rare island but had his actual receiver in his shack back home. 
Makes mockery of working DX for (non contest) awards.

But I guess it is 'progress' which I can dismiss as not of interest to 
me, just like Echolink, APRS, skimmer, moonbounce etc, but I don't stop 
other people using those if they want to.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com