[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW - Rules have changed

[Olof Lundberg]

I take your point Bob - the license conditions should be the limit as long
as they provide for a lower limit than the contest rule max. But if you
claim 10dB coax loss on HF you should of course be dq'd for incompetence ...
:-)
You triggered a further thought: how does this work for the LP and QRP
categories? I run LP and have always interpreted that as 100w out from the
TX and I guess that is still correct? In this case the 100w rule would be
lower than the license max at 400w at the antenna so coax loss is irrelevant
and the category max would take over?
73 Olof G0CKV M5E

-----Original Message-----
From: UK-Contest [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Henderson
Sent: 20 October 2012 01:51
To: Olof Lundberg
Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQ WW - Rules have changed

Olof

I agree with your interpretation concerning log amendments post contest,
which are now strictly forbidden.  However, I don't share your
interpretation of the power rule, which I believe is essentially unchanged
in its effect upon UK operation.

>From the rules:

III.2. You must not exceed the total output power limitation of your chosen
category on any band. Total output power on any band at any time is measured
at the output of the active amplifier(s).

IV.1.*a.* Single Operator High Power (All-Band or Single-Band): Total output
power must not exceed 1500 watts on any band at any time (see III.2).

SOAB HP power limitation under CQ rules is 1500W at the output of the
transmitter.  The UK license power limitation is 400W at the antenna.  A UK
entrant with 3dB loss on a long coax to a 10m antenna could legitimately
produce 800W at the output of the transmitter.  In so doing neither the CQ
contest rule nor the license provision would be breached.  However, anyone
claiming a 6dB cable loss ( yeah right ) would under contest rules be
limited to 375W at the antenna.  And would have a warm garden. <g>

73 Bob, 5B4AGN

On 19 October 2012 23:03, Olof Lundberg <olof at rowanhouse.com> wrote:

> If you are planning to participate in CQ WW this year you should have 
> a look at the rules http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm and also the 
> explanations http://www.cqww.com/rules_2012changes.htm .
>
>
>
> It is now against the rules to make essentially any modification to 
> the log after the contest. There are changes related to what call you 
> log presumably in order to support this change. There is of course 
> also the 5-day log submission deadline which was announced some time 
> ago.
>
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> Also of significance is that the power rule has now ruled out lossy 
> coax as an excuse to run more than 400W in the HP category. There is 
> now a very explicit rule stating that power means power out at the TX.
>
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> 73 Olof G0CKV M5E
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>
> (with apologies if this all has been mentioned here already)
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