I came across some information on the Internet about the results of the CQ WW DX CW Contest 2024.
Message from UR0MC:
"Guys, I’m not really sure what went down in the recent CQ WW DX CW 2024
It’s about team CQ9A—they got disqualified, but we don’t know why. The submitted results listed one set of operators (callsigns), but the final results showed completely different ones.
Feels like something shady happened during the judging process. Who was behind it, and what was the reason?
The most interesting part is that the callsigns that were supposed to participate in WRTC-2026 were replaced—specifically RA3AUU, EW6W, and EU1A.
Maybe someone knows what happened? I don't think I'm the only one who noticed this fraud in the results."


Surprised at the response to this from K1AR.
"Guys — calm down. The CQ9A operation unfortunately did not use an interlock resulting in multiple signals on the same band. We had no choice but to DQ the entry.
The operator list was changed at their request, however all original calls were supplied to WRTC2026."
That is, on the one hand K1AR changed the composition of the team by bringing other call signs of the team members not known to many radio amateurs, but at the same time, as they say, surrendered them to WRTC 2026.
I wonder what are the new rules in CQ WW that give such rights to the contest director?
Disqualification today means nothing as a person is simply disqualified retroactively and only in the past test without any consequences, and now it turns out and it can be disguised by another call sign?
Here I follow the activities of John, K1AR, and more and more often the question arises, and is this John, whom I knew in 70-80 years of the last century?
It doesn't make sense.
Has he been switched?
Message from UR0MC:
"Guys, I’m not really sure what went down in the recent CQ WW DX CW 2024
It’s about team CQ9A—they got disqualified, but we don’t know why. The submitted results listed one set of operators (callsigns), but the final results showed completely different ones.
Feels like something shady happened during the judging process. Who was behind it, and what was the reason?
The most interesting part is that the callsigns that were supposed to participate in WRTC-2026 were replaced—specifically RA3AUU, EW6W, and EU1A.
Maybe someone knows what happened? I don't think I'm the only one who noticed this fraud in the results."


Surprised at the response to this from K1AR.
"Guys — calm down. The CQ9A operation unfortunately did not use an interlock resulting in multiple signals on the same band. We had no choice but to DQ the entry.
The operator list was changed at their request, however all original calls were supplied to WRTC2026."
That is, on the one hand K1AR changed the composition of the team by bringing other call signs of the team members not known to many radio amateurs, but at the same time, as they say, surrendered them to WRTC 2026.
I wonder what are the new rules in CQ WW that give such rights to the contest director?
Disqualification today means nothing as a person is simply disqualified retroactively and only in the past test without any consequences, and now it turns out and it can be disguised by another call sign?
Here I follow the activities of John, K1AR, and more and more often the question arises, and is this John, whom I knew in 70-80 years of the last century?
It doesn't make sense.
Has he been switched?
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