Perhaps sending a copy of the UN issued license would resolve this.
John KK9A
To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 4U1WB disqualified in the 2017 CQ World-Wide
WPX SSB Contest
From: "Masa Miura, AJ3M" <masa.miura.aj3m@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:50:05 -0400
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
Greetings All:
The CQ WPX Contest Committee decided to disqualify 4U1WB in the 2017 CQ
World-Wide WPX SSB Contest. The final results were published in the
September 2017 issue of CQ Magazine and a list of disqualified entries,
including 4U1WB, is on page 109. See the following website:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_wpx_contest/cq_ww_wpx_ssb_
contest/2017_cq_ww_wpx_ssb_contest/2017_cq_ww_wpx_ssb_line_scores.pdf
I sent the email below on October 24, 2017 to Terry, N4TZ (n4tz at
cqwpx.com),
CQ WPX Contest Director, regarding the Committee's decision. Terry has not
yet replied to me. I also copied Rich, W2VU (w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com)
of CQ Magazine, the Contest sponsor.
As you will note below, I sent my first email to Terry about the
disqualification on October 22. He indicated in his email dated October 23
to me that 4U1WB was disqualified because the call sign was not issued by
the FCC while the log that I submitted showed the United States as the
country of 4U1WB's operation. 4U1WB is a United Nations call sign and the
station is located in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States.
I do not know if Terry or the Contest Committee contacted me by email
before the disqualification was published. The October 23 email from Terry
did not refer to any prior notification. Please see the following from the
WPX Contest rules:
D. Disciplinary Actions: In the event of a violation, the entrant is
subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Committee.
1. DISQUALIFICATION: Entry will be listed at the end of the published
results and is not eligible for an award.
2. Notification of Committee actions will be sent by email to the address
provided with the log submission. The entrant has five days to appeal the
decision to the Contest Director. After that time the decision is final.
I looked for such an email in my inbox and spam folder after I found out in
the CQ Magazine that 4U1WB was disqualified. I did not find any prior
correspondence from them. I cannot say for sure that I was not contacted by
email. I believe that some emails are getting lost in cyberspace. It might
have been in my spam folder and was deleted for some reason. However, I
would like to highlight that the Contest Director relied on unreceipted
email(s) and made such an important decision that could have extremely
serious negative impact on a fellow contester's reputation in the contest
community.
I have participated in the WPX Contests many times from the 4U1WB club
station mainly because I enjoy contesting and being part of the worldwide
contest community. I will probably never win a major contest from the 4U1WB
station. Another reason is that the WPX Contest rules include the
following: Special event, commemorative, and other unique prefix stations
are encouraged to participate.
If the Contest Director maintains his position and intends to disqualify
4U1WB again in the future because of the same reason that he cited, it
means that 4U1WB is not welcome to participate in the WPX Contests. 4U1WB
will not participate in the future unless a positive outcome is achieved.
I will keep you all posted.
73,
Masa
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masa.miura.aj3m at gmail.com
aj3m at arrl.net
masahiro.miura.tu94 at dartmouth.edu
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