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 than 9%.
This is very high for me and much higher than the other stations around my
score. I wrote to the contest manager and he informed me that, "Only stations
that DO NOT SEND LOGS but that appear in 5 or more different logs received by
the Contest Organizing Committee are validated contacts."
I do not find this anywhere in the rules. ZF is not rare DX, but I guess I had
enough callers that 107 of my 1517 QSOs were declared "invalid."
I just wanted to let everyone know of this hidden rule.
Randy K5ZD
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