Thanks, Fred. I'm assuming that something will come up on the contesting.com reflector should something happen. I was going to do a M/2 effort for WPX (as WW7E) next weekend, it appears I might just be doing a single-op effort. 73; Mike W7VO
On March 20, 2020 at 8:55 AM hopengarten@post.harvard.edu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: yccc@groups.io [mailto:yccc@groups.io] On Behalf Of KA1R Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:55 AM To: yccc@groups.io Subject: [yccc] RSGB suspends multi-op contesting for COVID-19
This was recently announced (maybe yesterday):
https://www.rsgbcc.org/cv19.shtml
I think the main message is that some contest sponsors are risk-averse and might suddenly change rules in an attempt to "help" with COVID-19, or comply with their own interpretations of government edicts. So, rechecking any contest sponsor's web site on the day before a contest might be a good idea now.
I asked the WPX contest director but haven't heard back yet.
A change of "we will no longer accept multi-operator contest entries" most likely means that the category is eliminated, and you can't work around it by having remote operators at home. (Or, as once happened in YCCC history, a multi-op from two separate homes that were inside a 500-meter circle even though they weren't on the same street.)
And, of course, even if most contests' rules remain the same, choosing to do a home multi-op or portable multi-op (or even multi-op mobile in a QSO Party) might mean that nobody would be competing against you.
Matt, KA1R
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