If you like to run rate then go to the Caribbean or Central America and
have a blast! Three years I was at V47 land and all I can say is what a
blast! 10m near the bottom of the cycle open to the US would put the
rate meter well over 350 contacts per hour. I don't think we got over
the 400 mark and this was before affordable laptops and decent logging
software, ie the 80's.
CQ WW CW was great fun from J6M but it is a different animal with zone
and way more mults to chase around.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. I am not hearing any complaints from
the Western US.
Mike W0MU
On 3/6/2013 12:29 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote:
A few years ago, some idiot on the CAC tried to explore the possibility of
making ARRL DX a more interesting (i.e., fun) contest. I'm not talking about
radical proposals like distance-based scoring that got everyone in a tizzy, but
relatively modest changes to make the contest more inviting to DX and less
boring for US ops. When some of the CAC's hypothetical discussions about
possible changes were leaked to the press, violent reactions from certain
members of the contest community eliminated any stomach for making changes.
The most common argument was, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Others rightly pointed
out that the current format is very attractive to smaller US stations because "we're the
DX". It was also suggested that we don't need to stimulate more US participation (true) and
the DX participation is pretty darned good (also true -- I had some of the biggest runs of my
contest career in the CW weekend this year.)
These are all good arguments, but participation isn't the only measure of a
good contest. Fun is important, too, and your experience has been shared by far
too many contesters.
73, Dick WC1M
-----Original Message-----
From: k1vv@comcast.net [mailto:k1vv@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:25 PM
To: hankkier@aol.com
Cc: yccc@yccc.org; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [YCCC] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite
Maybe something like stamp collecting ... ?
Whitey K1VV
----- Original Message -----
From: hankkier@aol.com
To: cq-contest@contesting.com, yccc@yccc.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 6:45:08 PM
Subject: [YCCC] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite
1 - almost impossible to find a run frequency without stepping on
someone's toes, except on 10 meters
2 - poor participation numbers by DX
3 - reduced # of country multipliers available; probably 25% less than
available in CQWW
4 - voicebox can't handle the traffic!
5 - keep working the same stations on the same bands that we have worked
countless times before
6 - BORING
Some stats:
- worked 794 different calls; 1281 total qsos
- just 133 separate stations (11%) gave me 40% of my total QSOs - worked
those on 3 or more bands - virtually ALL of those stations I have worked
in every contest in which I have made any effort - BORING
- 2 or more bands, 237 (18%) stations and 60% of the points!
Need something to increase interest, and participation, of DX stations
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