[WT-support] WPX SSB S/N bug

[Tom W8JI]

> Surely sub-section V,D,a of the 2009 WPX rules 
> specifically prohibits two
> transmitters on the same band ?
>
> Am I missing something?


I think it might be useful to post what the CQ contest 
people have to say about this since the rules seem to be in 
contention:

"On the rule wording, I understand your concern with 
following what seems to
be clear wording, i.e., one transmitter.  I personally agree 
with you.
However, other people easily understand those same words to 
mean "one
transmitter at a time".  Moreover, this has been the 
practice for several
years and the CQWW committee agrees with this 
interpretation.  I think we
have to live with it until such time as the wording is made 
more explicit."

The CQ contest people all agree that even though the wording 
is poor, the rule has generally been interpreted to mean one 
transmitting signal and not one transmitter.

They further said:

"As to how your station was operated in SSB WPX, I see no 
rule infraction
whatsoever based on what you write below.  Yes, you should 
go through your
log and make sure it complies with the rule for station 
designation.  That
is, make sure all QSOs made by the run-band station (even if 
two or more
interlocked transmitters were used on a band) are marked 
with a '0' in
column 81 of the Cabrillo file.  Mult-band station QSOs 
should be marked
with a '1'.  There is nothing wrong with correcting that 
column after the
contest.  It just needs to be true to what you actually did 
in the contest."

So we are stuck with a little logging problem. When the mult 
radio is on the same band as the run radio it is considered 
to be the same as the run radio, except both can not emit RF 
at the same moment of time.

Anyone have any suggestion how to work around the logging 
problem?

By the way, I agree by the letter of the rules it should be 
one transmitter but that is not what the final authority 
says. They say it is intended to and generally accepted to 
mean one transmitted signal, so that is how we did it and 
will do it until they change the rules.

73 Tom