{"id":1707,"date":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","slug":"2026-rule-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/2026-rule-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Rule Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post announces the rule changes for the 2026 CQ WW contests in October and November. In summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) The log deadline is 48 hours, moved from 5 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) We have formally made the use of autonomous robot operation illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These changes are now consistent with the WPX and digital WW contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">73, John, K1AR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CQ WW Contest Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the actual text of the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>XI. LOG DEADLINE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IX. GENERAL RULES FOR ALL ENTRANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;snip&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post announces the rule 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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/2026-rule-changes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 Rule Changes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4zCnu-rx","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cqww.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}