On one hand, yes it would be interesting. On the other hand, there are
so many categories as it is.
Barry W2UP
On 3/6/2013 16:57, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
The high band / low band categories were way cool. That would be an
interesting wrinkle for ARRL DX to bring back as a way of generating more
activity for everyone.
Randy, K5ZD
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
John Laney
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:44 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite
For one or two years in the 1970s, the ARRL International DX Contests had
a change in the rules to permit everyone overseas to contact each other
too. There was much dissatisfaction with it from W/VE stations because
it resulted in many more DX stations working each other and ignoring the
weaker W/VE stations even when the bands were open for working W/VE
areas. Think of the former time for beginning the CQ 160 CW contest at
00Z and all the Eu stations were loud in NA but couldn'g hear the NA
callers because they were too busy working other loud European stations.
So the rule was changed back.
For a while in the 70s or 80s, we also had high band (10, 15, 20) and low
band (40, 80, 160) categories. That may have been before we had single
band categories.
The best change made since I started working the contests in 1956 was
doing away with the quota system which allowed only a small number of
QSOs by US stations with any given DX country. This meant that many of
the smaller DX stations had to be or were ignored by the big US stations
because they wouldn't count for points. It basically discouraged
operation in populous DX contries except by the top stations and even
they couldn't work a W/VE station for credit after the quota had been
reached by the W/VE station.
73, John, K4BAI.
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