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Latest contests refereeing is the subject being discussed widely. So how the contest refereeing is being made?

My motivaton for writing this article was my (RG3K, op. UA3QDX) disqualification in CQWW CW-2008 and so-called "private" disqualification(?) in RDXC-2009.

Recently the organizers of probably the most popular contest - CQWW – started to publish the logs of the participants after log checking.

When CQ WW DX Contest start open log policy many radioamateurs start examinate the logs and even some groups of radio amateurs is start making own analyze of the logs.

A competitor contacted by the CQ WW Contest Commmittee prior to the contest must agree to a scheduled visitation by a representative of the CQ WW CC during the contest.

Just listened for two of them (could not resist lauhging, but physicians say laughing is health-giving).

D4C team is not present in the winners list so the circulating rumors about disqualification of the D4C team have been confirmed: I4YSS, I4UFH, IZ4DPV, CT1ESV. This has also been confirmed by the D4C project team.

The methods of HF contest refereeing have been discussed widely during the last few years. Discussions are waged both by contest committees and contestants in various contest reflectors and web-forums.

Well, CQ WPX CW 2009 has just ended and propogation was perfect for the contest.

Some pictures from E44M Palestine DX Pedition Thanks Leszek SP3DOI

Its allways interesting to study how contesters is running the pileup Here you can listen for 4O3A audio file of his operation in CQ WW SSB 2007

CQ WW 160m CW was a very promising event this year as we stuck an the bottom of the solar cycle so the low bands were good and the DX-activity in the contest was very high.

Excellent tool to find your QTH Locator Grid Square

In May, 2009, George, VP2VQ, will have some exciting news about future Contest-Pedition and DX-Pedition opportunities on Tortola

A full 48 hours all-band contest effort with no sleep was not appealing to me, so I chose a strategy to enter the 20 Meter Single Operator Single Band category.