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Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW - are signal reports optional?
From: paul@ei5di.com (Paul O'Kane)
Date: Sun Nov 24 19:33:48 2002
In CQWW-CW I had about 450 QSOs - mostly on 10m, both
running and hunting.

In all QSOs the exchange I gave was 14 - not 5NN14, just
14.  Only four stations asked for their RST, indicating
that over 99% accept that it makes no difference (to them)
whether or not the other station gives a report.

The 99% are right - it doesn't matter!  Their logs will
show 599 received, and my log will show 599 sent.  Even
if I gave something other than 599 to the stations who
asked for a report, it still does not matter what's in
their log or in mine, as reports are not cross-checked
in CQWW.

Yes, the rules say that RS(T) should be exchanged, and
I broke the rules.  I did this to draw attention to the
rules themselves, and to the archaic practice of
exchanging 5NN in major contests.

Perhaps the rules can be updated, because a "rule" that
is not enforced is not a rule - it's a recommendation.
 
Recommendations are not mandatory, they're optional. It
follows, therefore, that the exchange of RS(T) in CQWW
is optional.

73,
Paul EI5DI


>From KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG  Mon Nov 25 04:33:16 2002
From: KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG (KØHB)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fw: [dx-list] DX Cluster Report for CQWW CW
Message-ID: <010d01c2943b$c768a320$5a10be3f@bigguy>

Forwarded without comment.

ô¿ô  73, de Hans, K0HB
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kehler" <yahoo@kh2d.net>
To: "DxList" <dx-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:48 AM
Subject: [dx-list] DX Cluster Report for CQWW CW


>
> These worthless statistics are brought to you by KH2D
> and the WinCluster Lite DX Cluster Network. We
> don't have a BACKBONE, we just use the Internet....
>
>        Report Period: 11/23/2002 to 11/24/2002
>        CQWW CW  Deee-X Contest
>
>       Total DX Spots: 32,094    (See Note 1)
>
>         Active Users: 2,922 (Users sending spots)
>
>         Active Nodes: 454 (With users sending spots)
>
> The 10 most active SPOTTERS were:
>
> W3LPL          1189
> W6YX           725
> RL3A           723
> K1KI           666
> K8CC           633
> K4JA           545
> K9NS           538
> KC1XX          481
> W1EBI          400
> UA3TT          353
>
> The 10 most active NODES were:    (See Note 3)
>
> F5MZN-3       2,625 spots from 560 users
> <blank>        2,393 spots from 54 users (See Note 69)
> W1GQ          1,798 spots from 34 users
> K1TTT         1,789 spots from 89 users
> K1TTT-14      1,333 spots from 732 users
> K8SMC         1,148 spots from 39 users
> N6ST          799 spots from 5 users
> K1XX          644 spots from 9 users
> K1TTT-13      610 spots from 306 users
> K4JA          607 spots from 16 users
>
> Spot Totals by Continent of Spotting Station:
>
>   Africa: 83 - .3%
>   Asia: 2,021 - 6.3%
>   Europe: 9,676 - 30.1%
>   N.America: 19,815 - 61.7%
>   Oceania: 195 - .6%
>   S.America: 304 - .9%
>
> Total DXCC Entities: 233    (See Note 2)
>
> DXCC Entities List:
>
> 3B8,3C,3C0,3V,3W,4J,4L,4S,4U1I,4U1V,4X,5A,5B,5H,5N,
> 5R,5T,5U,5V,5W,5X,5Z,6W,6Y,7Q,7X,8P,8R,9A,9H,
> 9J,9K,9L,9M2,9M6,9N,9Q,9V,9Y,A3,A4,A5,A6,A9,AP,
> BV,BY,C2,C3,C5,C6,CE,CE0A,CE0Z,CE9,CM,CN,CP,CT,CT3,
> CU,CX,CY0,D2,D4,DL,DU,EA,EA6,EA8,EA9,EI,EL,EP,ER,
> ES,EU,EX,EY,F,FG,FH,FJ,FK,FM,FO,FR,FY,G,GD,
> GI,GJ,GM,GU,GW,H4,HA,HB,HB0,HC,HC8,HH,HI,HK,HL,
> HM,HP,HR,HS,HZ,I,IG9,IS,IT9,J2,J3,J5,J7,JA,JD/o,
> JT,JW,JX,JY,K,KH0,KH2,KH6,KL,KP2,KP4,LA,LU,LX,LY,
> LZ,OA,OD,OE,OH,OH0,OJ0,OK,OM,ON,OY,OZ,P2,P4,PA,
> PJ2,PJ7,PY,PY0F,PZ,S0,S2,S5,S9,SM,SP,ST,SU,SV,SV5,
> SV9,T2,T32,T7,T8,T9,TA,TA1,TF,TG,TI,TI9,TK,TL,TR,
> TU,TZ,UA,UA2,UA9,UK,UN,UR,V2,V4,V5,V7,V8,VE,VK,
> VP2M,VP2V,VP5,VP6,VP8/h,VP8/o,VP9,VQ9,VR,VU,XE,XT,XU,XW,YB,
> YI,YJ,YK,YL,YN,YO,YS,YU,YV,Z2,Z3,ZA,ZB,ZC4,ZD7,
> ZD8,ZD9,ZF,ZK1/s,ZL,ZL7,ZP,ZS
>
> DXCC Entities List is based on the following
> calls being spotted:
>
> 3B8           3B8CF
> 3C            3C2MV
> 3C0           3C0/3C2
> 3V            3V8BB
> 3W            XV9DT
> 4J            4K7Z
> 4L            4L8A
> 4S            4S7NS
> 4U1I          4U1ITU
> 4U1V          4U1VIC
> 4X            4X4JU
> 5A            5A8BE
> 5B            H2E
> 5H            5H3RK
> 5N            5N6EAM
> 5R            5R8GT
> 5T            5T5SN
> 5U            5U7/FM
> 5V            5V7BR
> 5W            5W0VF
> 5X            5X1CW
> 5Z            5Z4DZ
> 6W            6V6U
> 6Y            6Y0A
> 7Q            7Q7PS
> 7X            7X2LS
> 8P            8P5A
> 8R            8R1WD
> 9A            9A7A
> 9H            9H0A
> 9J            9J2BO
> 9K            9K9X
> 9L            9L1DX
> 9M2           9M2TO
> 9M6           9M6NA
> 9N            9N7YJ
> 9Q            9S1X
> 9V            9V1YC
> 9Y            9Y4VU
> A3            A35RK
> A4            A45XR
> A5            A52R
> A6            A61AJ
> A9            A92ZE
> AP            AP2IA
> BV            BX4AF
> BY            BD5WW
> C2            C21SIX/B
> C3            C35M
> C5            C53M
> C6            C6AJX
> CE            3G1X
> CE0A          CA0YAM
> CE0Z          CE0ZIS
> CE9           R1ANC
> CM            CO2JD
> CN            CN2R
> CP            CP6XE
> CT            CT8T
> CT3           CT9L
> CU            CU/DJ9RR
> CX            CX9AU
> CY0           CY0MM
> D2            D2BB
> D4            D4B
> DL            DF0HQ
> DU            4G1A
> EA            EA7AJR
> EA6           EA6/DL1GGT
> EA8           EA8/OH2NC
> EA9           EA9EU
> EI            EI4BZ
> EL            EL2AR
> EP            EP2FM
> ER            ER6A
> ES            ES6Q
> EU            EU1UN
> EX            EX2A
> EY            EY8MM
> F             F1NSR
> FG            FG5XC
> FH            FH/DL5CF
> FJ            FSK441
> FK            FK8GN
> FM            FM5BH
> FO            FO5JV
> FR            FR0G
> FY            FY5GS
> G             M0ORE
> GD            GD4EIP
> GI            GI5W
> GJ            GJ2A
> GM            GM4SID
> GU            MU5X
> GW            GW7X
> H4            H44SAT
> HA            HG1S
> HB            HB9FBE
> HB0           HB0/DK3KD
> HC            HC2SL
> HC8           HC8N
> HH            HH2LU
> HI            HI3LFE
> HK            HK5QGX
> HL            HL1EJT
> HM            P5A
> HP            HP3XBH
> HR            HQ3J
> HS            E20HHK
> HZ            HZ1AB
> I             IK2UCK
> IG9           IG9A
> IS            IS0SEL/P
> IT9           IT9VCE/P
> J2            J28UN
> J3            J3A
> J5            J57XGN
> J7            J75A
> JA            JH7XGN
> JD/o          JD1BIA
> JT            JT1CO
> JW            JW0HU
> JX            JX7SIX
> JY            JY9QJ
> K             K0RF
> KH0           KH0/JK2VOC
> KH2           AH2R
> KH6           KH6DV
> KL            KL7WV
> KP2           WP2Z
> KP4           KP4US
> LA            LN8W
> LU            AY1DZ
> LX            LX5A
> LY            LY2OU
> LZ            LZ2TU
> OA            OA4WW
> OD            OD5/OK1MU
> OE            OE6MBG
> OH            OH4A
> OH0           OH0Z
> OJ0           OJ0M
> OK            OL5Q
> OM            OM3OM
> ON            ON4IA
> OY            OY1CT
> OZ            OZ0XX
> P2            P2F
> P4            P40Q
> PA            PB6X
> PJ2           PJ2T
> PJ7           PJ5/K1NA
> PY            PX2W
> PY0F          PY0FF/B
> PZ            PZ5RA
> S0            S07PM
> S2            S2G
> S5            S52A
> S9            S9MX
> SM            SM5CEU
> SP            SN7Q
> ST            ST1DX
> SU            SU9BN
> SV            SV1BTR
> SV5           J45KLN
> SV9           SV9/LA4XFA
> T2            T2DX
> T32           T32Z
> T7            T77C
> T8            T88JA
> T9            T95A
> TA            TA3BN
> TA1           TA1EQ
> TF            TF3IRA
> TG            TG4/W0IZ
> TI            TI5N
> TI9           TI9JJP
> TK            TK5EP
> TL            TL8SB
> TR            TR8CA
> TU            TU2CI
> TZ            TZ6JA
> UA            RK3RWT/M
> UA2           RW2F
> UA9           RX9TX
> UK            UK9AA
> UN            UN5J
> UR            UZ8M
> V2            V26K
> V4            V47KP
> V5            V51AS
> V7            V73GT
> V8            V8YYY
> VE            VY2TT
> VK            VK4UC
> VP2M          VP2MEG
> VP2V          VP2V
> VP5           VP5V
> VP6           VP6V
> VP8/h         R1ANF
> VP8/o         LU1ZA
> VP9           VP9/W6PH
> VQ9           VQ9X
> VR            VR2BG
> VU            VU2LX
> XE            XE1KK
> XT            XT2DX
> XU            XU9DT
> XW            XW1IC
> YB            YB0ECT
> YI            YI9OM
> YJ            YJ8MN
> YK            YK1AO
> YL            YL2JN
> YN            HT9T
> YO            YO3APJ
> YS            YS1EJ
> YU            YT9X
> YV            YV4GLD
> Z2            Z22JE
> Z3            Z37A
> ZA            ZA1B
> ZB            ZB2JO
> ZC4           ZC4DW
> ZD7           ZD7MY
> ZD8           ZD8A
> ZD9           ZD9BV
> ZF            ZF2NT
> ZK1/s         ZK1JD
> ZL            ZL1BD
> ZL7           ZL7QH
> ZP            ZP6T
> ZS            ZS6DTS
>
> Note 1: DX Spot Totals do NOT include looping or
>          duplicate spots. Because we feel accuracy
>          is more important than Big Numbers.
>
>          DX Spot Totals DO include lottsa spots sucked
>          into the network from a web cluster by somebodys
>          robot spot sucker. But our dupe checker dumps all
>          the dupes they suck, so what the heck.
>
>          The total number of spots converts to:
>
>          11.14375 spots per minute
>          1 spot every 5.384 seconds
>
>          Which is probably enuff to keep the average Contester
>          pretty busy........
>
> Note 2: DXCC Entities Totals are for what the are
>          worth. Because there isn't a day goes by that
>          somebody doesn't spot some bogus stuff.
>
> Note 3: An unusually high number of spots/users from any
>          particular node MIGHT indicate that the node
>          is sucking spots from an HTML internet cluster.
>          Or maybe the node operator is paying users 25
>          cents a spot to send spots. Hard to tell which.
>
>          In order to help you understand what SPOT SUCKING
>          means, look at these stats:
>
>          N6ST          799 spots from 5 users
>          K1XX          644 spots from 9 users
>          K4JA          607 spots from 16 users
>
>          Those nodes sent a lot of spots. But their user number
>          (people logged on to the node) is realistic. So all their
>          spots were probably actually generated by real people using
>          their nodes.
>
>          Now look at these guys:
>
>          F5MZN-3       2,625 spots from 560 users
>          K1TTT-14      1,333 spots from 732 users
>
>          There were 454 cluster nodes active, and 2,932 users.
>          Which means the average node would have 6 or 7 users.
>          Which is probably about right, judging from what we've
>          historically seen since the invention of the DX cluster.
>
>          Ain't no cluster node in the whole wide world that has
>          732 users logged on (25% of the users in the WHOLE
>          WORLD on the same node). So what K1TTT is doing is this:
>
>          He gets spots from a web source, like OH2BUA's Web
>          Clutter, or the Chatty Children's Channel on IRC. But
>          when he gets the spot, he only gets:
>
>          Date, Time, DX Call, Freq, Comment, Sender's Call
>
>          The Web Clutter doesn't tell you what NODE the spot
>          was sent from, so he has to insert HIS call into the
>          NODE field (or leave it blank like some other idiot is
>          doing).
>
>          Why would anybody SUCK SPOTS ? Simple. Because their
>          network is so weak they are worried about missing spots.
>          They have to boost their traffic count by sucking spots
>          from places their network doesn't connect to.
>
>          Obviously, F5MZN and K1TTT SUCK.
>
>          Some people still think MORE is BETTER. Even when it's way
>          too much to digest.
>
> Note 69: 2,393 spots received with NO NODE in the originating
>          node field. Sucked by somebody from somewhere, probably,
>          or else somebody's cluster software is real broken.
>
> For a CUSTOM report of DX spot activity, send $.50 and a boxtop
> from any Yaesu radio to:
>
>     Spots We Gots
>     P.O. Box 88
>     Radio City Music Hall
>     New York, New Jersey 00323
>
> 73, and good DX. Jim, KH2D
>
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