How about this scenario:
I go to the Caribbean for a fun trip and to play some contesting.. I do
low power, because I don't want to put a huge effort into the station.
Thinking I'm not going to win, I do not record the contest. However,
propagation is good and the weather is poor. I end up winning. Am I
disqualified because we did not record?
Makes Zero Sense!
73, Gerry W1VE
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Mark <markzl3ab@gmail.com> wrote:
> The CQ WW Committee blog post about audio recording is a bit of surprise to
> me. Up until now I had figured audio recording would only be an issue in
> Oceania for the serious entrants (i.e. entries with lots of QSOs and/or
> hours on the air). In Oceania a casual entry of 1-200 Qs could easily put
> you in the top three of just about any single op single band category,
> assuming the category even had three entrants (I won the Oceania CW 40m QRP
> assisted category and set a new record with one QSO and two points a few
> years back). In its post the committee quotes the Asian 160m low power
> category. Looking at the 2016 SSB results there were no entrants in that
> category (assuming there wasn't an entrant(s) who was moved to a checklog
> for not audio recording) so any entry at all would have won it. In Oceania
> there was one entrant who made four QSOs.
>
> I would pick most if not all ops who perceive themselves as casual would
> not audio record their entry (or even know they had to). Is it really the
> Committee's intention to DQ casual entrants who end up in the top three due
> to a lack of other entrants, if they do not provide an audio record? If so
> then I'd suggest the rules should be amended to make it clear that any
> entry competitive or not which ends up in the top three is subject to the
> audio recording requirement because casual ops will not consider themselves
> competitive. It will of course have the effect of decimating casual single
> category entries in this part of world (such as it is) by ops who just
> enter for fun but who do not want to run the risk of being besmirched by a
> DQ.
> A better way (and it seems to me contesting is heading this way in general)
> would be for entrants to be able to enter any category they like but
> designate themselves as casual or competitive. If casual then they would
> not need to provide an audio record but could still be listed in the
> results database for their category (assuming they comply with the other
> rules). However they would not eligible for a certificate which would go
> to the highest competitive entries and who of course would need to provide
> an audio record on request. Also only competitive entries would be
> eligible to set records and to be listed in the top entrant lists in the
> results write up. At least this way an entrant can make a conscious
> decision as to how they want their entry to be treated rather than run the
> risk of a DQ if they are unlucky enough to enter a category with less than
> three other entrants.
>
> 73
> Mark ZL3AB
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