Dear Terry:
Thank you very much for your post. I am not here to debate the
definition/meaning of disqualification. That was not at all the purpose of
my email to you. After all, I am not a native speaker of the English
language that I love although I received a wicked good education in New
England that I am proud of. Because of that education and ham radio, I
improved my English and got the job that I have. As a result, I have been
active from the 4U1WB station.
I understand that you wanted to make the following points: (i)
disqualification in itself should not impact one’s reputation; and (ii)
disqualification needs to be viewed in the proper perspective. By the way,
you wrote “ones reputation” in your email. I believe that you meant to say
“one’s reputation” rather than “ones reputation.”
Best,
Masa, AJ3M
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net>
wrote:
> Terry,
>
> I fail to see the point of your message. Any comparison to high school
> athletes or other sports is irrelevant.
>
> 4U1WB was properly licensed and had entered CQ contests for many years.
> You have yet to provide a coherent rationale for your decision. Just admit
> you made an error, reinstate the entry, and move on.
>
> We need to encourage people to participate in and enter contests. Not
> drive them away with arbitrary disqualifications by the CQ WW or CQ WPX
> administrations.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Terry Zivney
> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:19 AM
> > To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Meaning of Disqualification
> >
> > The Meaning of Disqualification
> > Masa, AJ3M, has initiated a thread with a lengthy post about the
> > disqualification of 4U1WB in the recent CQ WPX SSB Contest.
> > Rather than trying to address all of Masa's concerns in one long post, I
> > will attempt to compose several focused messages.
> > The first message is on the meaning of disqualification.
> > Masa sent me the following on October 24:
> > "I am sure that you, as a fellow contester, know that considering an
> > entrant for a disqualification means that the contest committee is
> > challenging the operator’s integrity and sportsmanship. I fully
> > understand that the CQ WPX Contest Committee’s intention is to protect
> > the integrity of the competition and address any violations of the trust
> > that underlies radiosport competition. My reputation in the worldwide
> > contest community is very important to me. Our Club’s reputation is
> > equally important. The damage was done."
> > The meaning of DISQUALIFICATION for the CQ WPX Contest uses the following
> > dictionary definition:
> > "to put out of a competition etc for breaking rules. She was disqualified
> > for being too young." Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-
> > 2013 K Dictionaries Ltd Thus, disqualification in itself should not
> > impact ones reputation.
> > A recent news story (though not unique), illustrates this point. When a
> > high school athlete broke his leg in a cross-country competition, his
> > teammate carried him to the finish line. Both were disqualified because
> > they broke the rule that runners are prohibited from touching or
> > assisting another runner during the race. The pair's reputations seem to
> > have been enhanced by this event:
> > http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/10/high-school-runner-carries-teammate-
> > broken-leg
> > On the other hand, if the athletes had been disqualified for using
> > performance enhancing drugs, then their reputations would have been
> > negatively impacted.
> > Simply put, disqualification needs to be viewed in the proper
> > perspective.
> > I applaud Scott, KA9FOX, for his low-key response on this reflector on
> > June 3, 1994 to being disqualified in the 1993 WPX contest for signing
> > KG9/KA9FOX:
> > "The effort was not serious (nobody would compete seriously from my
> > seriously deficient station) so it was no biggie. Heck, it gave me
> > something fun to talk about at Dayton! (wore a name badge with "Dee
> > Qued" as the name)"
> > Terry N4TZ, CQ WPX Contest Director
> > This message posted at 1519 UTC, October 27, 2017
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Masa Miura, AJ3M
Bethesda, MD
Email: masa.miura.aj3m@gmail.com
aj3m@arrl.net
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