Make the starting time earlier to help the east coast? You gotta be kidding me.
Move the starting time earlier and you give the west coast and KH6 even more
time to rack up more Qs on 15 and then 10 when it opens.
We out west already have an advantage in SS. I felt that way when I was a W4
and still feel that way now that I'm a KH6.
K4XS/KH7XS
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From: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
To: RT Clay <rt_clay@bellsouth.net>
Cc: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions
I, too, have not yet received the new NCJ, but I do agree with K3ZJ and N4OGW
about the detrimental effects of an earlier time to those on the east coast.By
now we’re too old to have our egos helped or hurt by our SS scores. We’re in it
to have fun, which at least to me means making QSOs. And that is why for many
years I’ve been doing Single Op, Multi Station in CW SS - operating from more
than one place, starting over to become fresh meat one or more times during the
contest.I’ve been fortunate over the years to have had several very good
stations available within easy driving distance of one another in Ohio, and now
to have a nice waterfront alternative site here in Florida. (Though I may be in
Ohio for CW SS this year - our daughter in Cleveland is expecting her first
baby on October 20, so we’ll likely be hanging around up north for a bit longer
than usual).I’ve suggested this before, but once again, to make SS fun let
everybody who cares to do so to make multiple entries. Do away with the “One
Call/One Location” rule. Perhaps include some limits to prevent an “Now stand
by while I call you with a few more callsigns” possibility. But make it easy
for anyone to become a new station in mid-contest, making it not only fun for
that person, but for all the other more traditional full-24 hour guys who will
have new people to work on Sunday afternoon and evening.73 - Jim K8MR> On
Mar 14, 2018, at 9:04 AM, RT Clay <rt_clay@bellsouth.net> wrote:> > I haven't
received my NCJ yet, but increasing the proportion of daylight hours will
further increase the advantage of western or Carribean (or VY2) stations
because of the skip zones on the high bands. Most eastern "tribander" stations
actually make most of their Sweepstakes contacts with low 40m or 80m dipoles. I
think such a change would make it even less popular to eastern stations.> >
Tor> N4OGW> > --------------------------------------------> On Tue, 3/13/18,
Ken Widelitz <kwidelitz@gmail.com> wrote:> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article
RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions> To: cq-contest@contesting.com> Date:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 5:48 PM> > The March/April 2018 NCJ has an article by>
Al, K0AD and Bill, W0OR> suggesting changes to Sweepstakes.> > > > Al suggests
moving the start time up 4> hours. This makes a lot of sense to> me. More
daylight hours so guys with a> tribander will make more contacts.> Also,
perhaps more importantly, East> Coast SSers won't have to stay up late> Sunday
night suffering the doldrums and> more will probably operate later on> Sunday.>
> > > Bill suggests shortening the contest to> 18 hours. I like that idea but
would> suggest shortening it to 20 hours. Bill> also suggests a forced off time
in> the middle which doesn't appeal to me> personally. His last suggestion is
to> allow duplicate QSOs on 10 and 160> meters. I don't like that at all as it>
makes guys without good 160m antennas> uncompetitive. As to 10 meters in down>
sunspot cycle years, it will only help> where there is the occasional>
spotlight propagation and give an> unfair advantage there.> > > > Moving up the
start time and decreasing> overall operating time should have a> positive
effect on this contest. Of> course, getting the NCCC, PVRC and YCCC> to have a
yearly major focus on winning> the overall gavel is what will help> the most. A
few years ago when they did> that there were no doldrums Sunday.> > > > Let the
flames begin, and apologies in> advance to our international list> members who
don't give a hoot about> SS.> > > > 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT> > > > > > > >
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