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

[Mark Griffin]

I understand your point of view Bill!
Mark

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM William Schrader <wtschrader at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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