[PVRCNC] [PVRC] From John Dorr CQ WW Contest Rules Change

[William Schrader]

Mark: Chill the inductive reasoning. A couple of ops out of 100 doesn't
make a reason to throw the baby out with the bath water.
There are two sides to the contest: the two-op teams and the rest of the
world.

Speaking for myself on the R.of World side, it is a complete blast to chase
these amazing ops!  Nothing they did lowered my QSO total.

So, the scandalous cheating affected only the 50 teams and their rankings.

It's a fantastic quadrennial event... Long may it continue!

That's MY opinion, worth what you paid for it.

73
Bill K2TNO

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 5:40 PM Mark Griffin via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Jim,
> Time will tell if this will really change things or not.
> To me, and I don't like to be the bad guy, they should just eliminate the
> WRTC every four years. It was working for a while but when you see supposed
> excellent operators cheating to just get a certificate or plaque and
> recognition. Yes, they did get caught cheating. Does that mean that with
> the new rules, it won't happen again?
>  I hate to say this, but how many years has cheating been going on to begin
> with? No doubt, this is not the first time and it won't be the last time.
> Mark KB3Z
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM James Jordan via PVRC <
> pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting…comment:
> > 1) Why not 5 minutes? Log polishing would be more difficult. I can’t see
> > much benefit going from 5 to 2 days.
> > 2) Great. I assume they have a foolproof method to detect using a bot?
> >
> > I do support these changes aimed at improving equity in our hobby. But
> the
> > disgusting activity of a few in WRTC 2026 makes my faith in honorable
> > competition severely challenged. Sort of like golf as played by an
> amateur
> > well known to the world.
> > 73,
> > Jim K4QPL
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Sep 16, 2026, at 4:05 PM, Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <
> > pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 06:44:35 -0400
> > > From: John Dorr <cqk1ar at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Good morning everyone!
> > >
> > > This email is to provide you with an update of the rules changes for
> > > the 2026 CQ WW contests in October and November. In summary:
> > >
> > > 1) The log deadline is 48 hours, moved from 5 days.
> > > 2) We have formally made the use of autonomous robot operation illegal.
> > >
> > > These changes are now consistent with the WPX and digital WW contests.
> > >
> > > 73, John, K1AR
> > > CQ WW Contest Director
> > >
> > > Here is the actual text of the changes:
> > >
> > > *XI. LOG DEADLINE:*
> > >
> > >   1. All entries must be sent WITHIN 48 HOURS after the end of the
> > > contest: no later than 2359 UTC October 27, 2026 for SSB and 2359
> > > UTC December 1, 2026 for CW. Resubmitting an entry after the deadline
> > > will result in it being considered as a late log.
> > >
> > > *IX. GENERAL RULES FOR ALL ENTRANTS:*
> > >
> > >   1.  A human operator must initiate the following actions at all
> times:
> > > 1)  changing receive or transmit frequencies,
> > > 2) calling a station,
> > > 3) logging a QSO.
> > >
> > >   Autonomous systems or robots that emulate these actions are
> > > prohibited.
> > >
> > > 73...   Bill K3WA
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