[UK-CONTEST] Re - CQ Contest Rules.

[brian coyne]

Thank you Roger for taking the time to look into this, I'm afraid I was guilty of only reading the headline and then wading in when I read comments about typo's only correctable during the event. I can procede with a clear conscience and you can continue to alter your sxwg3 logging entry wihout sanction.

We each have our own opinions about matters such as SCP,  it maybe ok by the rules but morally it is cheating in the SO unassisted class. Perhaps one day they will be moved to the 'Assisted' category..

73  Brian  5B4AIZ /C4Z




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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:23:51 +0100
From: "Roger Western" <g3sxw at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RE - CQ Contest Rules.
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Look, chaps, let's all stop mis-stating what has been published. See:
http://www.cqww.com/rules_2012changes.htm

It is perfectly clear. But you do need to spend two minutes reading it!
Yes, it makes perfect sense, Brian (and others today)!
73 de Roger/G3SXW.

NEW RULE:
CQWW Rule III.13: Post-contest correcting of call signs by using any 
database, recordings or confirming QSOs is not allowed.

EXPLANATION:
When the contest period ends, do not use any sort of database, local or 
remote, to review and then modify the callsigns in your log prior to 
submission.

Use of QRZ.com, DX Cluster, RBN files, other call sign databases, friends? 
or club logs, etc., are considered to be other data sources and are not 
allowed for post-contest call correction.

Having friends or experts who were not ?the entrant? review the log also 
?counts? as a database (not permitted).

A recording of your own contest effort, whether digital or analog, is 
considered to be a database, even if you made the recording yourself.

Q: ?After the contest I noticed a typing mistake. What should I do??

You have to determine whether the call sign you logged is the call sign you 
sent during the QSO in question (see rule XII.2 below for more information). 
If you are certain that this is a logging error, AND that what you logged 
does not match what you actually sent, then make the correction. If the 
committee?s SDR file shows that what you submitted on your log does not 
match what you sent during the contest exchange, you are in violation of the 
rules.

Your decision must be based purely on your inspection of the log. You may 
not use any database or other resources to review your log