Bill - KO7SS stated:
"All of contesting is suffering from a relatively fixed number of participants,
most of which can be worked quickly in a short time using CQing and clicking on
bandmap spots. This is worse in RTTY contests, which generally allow Skimmer
use across all entry classes. I got on for the last 2 hours and made 102 Q's on
20M in 2 hours, it was good fun!"
Bill, that may be the case in Arizona and for domestic contests, but it is not
in DX contests and especially from the east coast. I can have close to 100
hours in the last 6 hours of a 48 hour contest like CQ WW or ARRL DX or WPX.
It depends on the contest and location.
Another point made before and should be repeated here. A distance scoring
format does change the score per Q and helps the West Coast even the scoring.
But it does not create rate per hour. That is a function of participants,
prop, and how loud you are.
Ed N1UR
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