The word isn't onerous. it is Draconian.
This is AMATEUR radio. We play with toy radios, and a couple weekends a
year thousands of the boys and girls all around the world play exuberantly
in the ether to see how many other girls and boys we can contact. The
winner gets no money, no endorsement contract, nothing else of value, just
bragging rights.
Now we face a requirement to record our playtime, and perhaps having
chaperones in our stations.
Fugetaboutit!
73, de Hans, K0HB
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-----Original Message-----
From: Comcast
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:42 PM
To: John Laney
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Preview of CQWW Rules 2015
It's not a terribly onerous requirement, fortunately. About all you need is
an audio cable from the XCVR Line Out.to the sound card on your logging
computer
73, Pete N4ZR
Sent from my iPad
On May 20, 2015, at 7:47 PM, John Laney <k4bai@att.net> wrote:
The only comment I have on CQ WW rules change is about the Observer
Program. I would be happy to have an observer. However, I don't know how
to record what I hear. I would need some education and I suppose some
sort of recording device (another computer?). I'd hate to have to take
another computer on my trips. I suppose recording would be different
depending on the rig used. And I wonder about RFI to the recording
device.
If the meaning of the rule is that the recording may be requested after
the contest is over, that could be very hard on a high scorer who doesn't
always record his contests or one who unexpectedly makes a high score. I
do notice that the rule applies to "any entrant" and not just expected
high scorers. If it means that the recording can be requested prior to
the contest (not practical since the committee won't know definitely whom
they want to record), I'd have no problem with that.
I guess the rule change, if adopted, means that all of us will have to
find out how to make a recording and do it for every contest.
73,
John, K4BAI/PJ4A.
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