The CQ WW Contest Committee takes its job as referee for the contest very seriously. Each year a group of dedicated members spends many hours pouring over logs, listening to SDR recordings, and following up on input from the contest community. We do not always have perfect information and it is difficult when each entrant is operating from their own station without any outside observer. Even so, the logs and recordings often tell us a clear story. It is our job as referees to call them as we see them.
Each disqualified entrant is notified of the decision and given 5 days to respond. We do this to allow everyone the opportunity to present an explanation of what appears in the log.
We regret to announce the following actions for CQ WW SSB 2014.
Disqualifications
| Entrant (Operator) | Violation |
|---|---|
| CT1FHL | unclaimed assistance, self-spotting |
| DJ9ZB | unclaimed assistance |
| E74Y | unclaimed assistance |
| EN0U (UT5UDX) | two signals, self-spotting, transmitting above 7200 |
| EU6ML | unclaimed assistance |
| F4BHW | unclaimed assistance, self-spotting |
| F4FLQ | unclaimed assistance, self-spotting |
| F4GVZ | unclaimed assistance |
| HG1S* | time shifting to meet band change rule |
| HG3M (HA3MY) | unclaimed assistance, power, self-spotting |
| IK4DCX | unclaimed assistance |
| IT9ESW | unclaimed assistance |
| IZ7DMT | unclaimed assistance |
| N3IQ (ND3F) | unclaimed assistance |
| R3BM | unclaimed assistance |
| R4WDX | unclaimed assistance |
| RT4F (RK4FU) | unclaimed assistance |
| RT6A** | time shifting to meet band change rule |
| RX1CQ | unclaimed assistance |
| SN5X (SP5GRM) | unclaimed assistance |
| SP3PWL | unclaimed assistance |
| UA5B | unclaimed assistance |
| UA9JDP | unclaimed assistance |
| YT7A (YU7BJ) | unclaimed assistance |
*HG1S (HA1TJ, HA1DAI, HA1DAC, HA6NF, HA7PL, HA8DM, HA1DAE)
** RT6A (R7AA, UA7C, UA6YW, RL3DR, RU6AX)
Warnings
Warnings are issued when a possible violation is detected, but there is not sufficient grounds to justify a disqualification -OR- when we want to make entrants aware that they will be under more scrutiny in the future.
| Entrant (Operator) | Violation |
|---|---|
| DJ7MH | self-spotting |
| DM4X | wide signal |
| NP2P (N2TTA) | transmitting outside of license limitations |
| RT4F (RK4FU) | wide signal |
| UW2M (UR0MC) | wide signal |
We saw a big increase in the number of stations from IARU Region 1 that were calling and working stations above 7200 Khz. Using the SDR recordings (not frequencies in the logs), we verified over 100 stations transmitting outside the amateur band. Many are probably the result of clicking on DX Cluster spots or simply following the lead of others that are breaking the rules. We have decided to issue warnings to all stations with 2 or more occurrences as a first step. In addition to the warning, any QSOs above 7200 were removed from scoring. Next year we may take more aggressive action if this behavior continues.
| Entrant (Operator) | Violation |
|---|---|
| 9A3B (9A2VR) | transmission above 7200 |
| E74EBL | transmission above 7200 |
| 9K2HN | transmission above 7200 |
| CN2R | transmission above 7200 |
| CR6K | transmission above 7200 |
| CR6P | transmission above 7200 |
| CT1EAV | transmission above 7200 |
| DP6T | transmission above 7200 |
| E79D | transmission above 7200 |
| EA3VN | transmission above 7200 |
| ED1B | transmission above 7200 |
| ED1R | transmission above 7200 |
| EE5T | transmission above 7200 |
| II2A | transmission above 7200 |
| IK2YCW | transmission above 7200 |
| IO5O | transmission above 7200 |
| IQ2MI | transmission above 7200 |
| IR4M | transmission above 7200 |
| IW2HAJ | transmission above 7200 |
| IZ2ODM | transmission above 7200 |
| IZ8EPX | transmission above 7200 |
| LZ5K | transmission above 7200 |
| LZ5R | transmission above 7200 |
| OE5T | transmission above 7200 |
| RA3OA | transmission above 7200 |
| SK3W | transmission above 7200 |
| SO4R | transmission above 7200 |
| SO9T | transmission above 7200 |
| UP2L | transmission above 7200 |
| UT1AA | transmission above 7200 |
| UT2UU | transmission above 7200 |
| UW7W | transmission above 7200 |
| OH0Z | transmission above 7200 |
| SV8/HA5OV | transmission above 7200 |
| TM1A | transmission above 1850 |
Updated May 2, 2015