Recently, N6TR wrote:
I would like to point out that the CW Sprint lists the number of band
changes for the top ten stations. This easily shows who is using two
radios and how much they are using it.
Typically, one or two of the top ten are using one radio - with six or
less band changes. There are typically one or two stations up over 100
band changes in the same four hours.
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I think Tree has a good idea here
that should be expanded to other
contests.
The number of band changes can be
calculated easily from the
Cabrillo log by the scorers. It is a valuable
statistic, and should be published
in all contest results, especially
now that we are starting to see
Web versions of the results,
with fewer space limitations than
in printed magazines.
For the so2r folks, they can look
at the band change statistic and
compare themselves to other so2r
ops as a measure of effectiveness.
For the so1r folks, they can skip
through the so2r scores, which will
be very apparent from the band
changes, and look at their score
as compared with other so1r entries.
By the way, kudos to the ARRL for
their on-line results for the SS CW.
The database manipulation capability
is great! Now just add the band changes,
and we'll be in hog heaven.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
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