Effective with the 2018 contest, there have been some modifications to the CQ WW rules developed and approved by the contest committee. In summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Busted Call\/NIL penalty is reduced from 3X to 2X. <\/b>This reflects a more reasonable approach to errors, while simultaneously providing a continued incentive to maintain accurate logging during the contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A<\/strong>ll CW and SSB email address references for log submissions have been removed. <\/b>While historical submission methods (e.g., e-mail, paper logs) will still be accepted in the near-term, the committee strongly prefers that Web uploads be the method of sending us your log. Note that the Web upload of logs (including format checking) is available at <cqww.com\/logcheck\/>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 10X penalty for rubber clocking with MS\/M2 entries has been eliminated. <\/b>Be advised that the committee will continue to vigorously pursue time abuses for these categories using a number of sophisticated analysis tools at our disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The observer program has been eliminated. <\/strong>Given the absence of a reasonable pool of volunteers and supporting funding, the program has proven to be impractical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The top entry in the Rookie category will be awarded to the winner on a one-time only basis. <\/strong>Previous Rookie winners are ineligible for plaques in this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A complete listing of the 2018 rules has been posted at <cqww.com\/rules.htm<\/a>>. Updated translations for a variety of languages will be posted as available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n