On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:14:27PM -0800, W7VJ wrote:
>
> One of the comments made was along the lines of "if it ain't broke, don't
> fix it." Randy justifies the basis for the change as "The new rules will
> establish a true single-transmitter category that is limited to 8 band
> changes per hour." I cannot help wonder why is this necessary? What
> conditions have suggested the need for a change. Perhaps if CQ can explain
> why the change is needed, I might be more inclined to support it.
Randy recently discussed this in depth in the CQ WPX blog:
http://www.cqwpx.com/blog/?p=46
"The WPX Committee is carefully considering a change to the Multi-Single
category rules for 2010. We believe that the addition of the Multi-Two
category several years ago has created an imbalance. There are essentially
three multi-transmitter categories! There is currently no place for a
station with only one radio to compete. Almost any top level Multi-Single
station can easily step up to the Multi-Two category. This gives us the
opportunity to make an adjustment in the rules to create more opportunity
for more stations."
You can also search the archives of CQ-Contest and find a lot of
collective sould searching about the M/S category in WPX through the
years.
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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