I operated the CQMM DX Contest in 2023 using the callsign ZF2MA. It was a fun experiment and I was not making a serious effort. When the results appeared, I saw that I had a score reduction of more t
Bizarre 73, Pete N4ZR When the results appeared, I saw that I had a score reduction of more than 9%. This is very high for me and much higher than the other stations around my score. I wrote to the c
I can't figure out what they are trying to stop. Rather, it seems backwards if you want to stop falsified QSOs or work-my-buddy QSOs. I guess I'm not crooked enough. 73, Art K3KU ____________________
I don't think this is a good rule however it is shown in section 6 of the posted rules. 6 - VALID CONTACTS : - Are all QSO made between two participants of the contest and confirmed by cross-checking
When I just make a few QSOs in a contest that I stumble across by tuning the bands, I always make a minimum of 3, just so I don't appear as a fabricated QSO. I've never made any QSOs in CQMM because
Based on the awkward wording in the rules of "shall be considered participating stations from competition", it seems like they are trying to only include people intentionally participating in the con
All It's been so long now (10yrs?) I can't honestly recall the details of why I stopped playing in this one single-op many years ago. May have been a wonky scoring rule too, as my error rates, like m
hello That rule was added in the rules at my express request to the organizer, Ed PY4WAS, after more than 15 years ago, in that contest, they deducted me more than 20% from my score, which was my las
Good to know the background. I think I would be good with 1 QSO. I.e., no uniques. Or maybe even 2. But 5 is just too much. And it is impossible for the participants to know which contacts will count
or not. I wonder why everyone is Okay then with even more ridiculous rules in RDXC - if one of the parties makes mistake in the call or exchange, the QSO is being removed from both LOGs. And this co
Yuri, Years ago, when WAEDC switched to a 24 hour format, I thought that was ridiculous and said so, and I stopped operating in it until they changed the rules back to allow 36 hours operating time a