> I'm in favor of reporting the number of band changes for all single
> operator stations in all contests. It should take only the proverbial
> "few lines of code" to implement the report, and it would add a very
> worthwhile dimension to analysis of the results. It would settle the
> debate over identifying two radio participants, and allow all
> participants to draw their own inferences from the statistic.
Exactly. I believe the correct answer is not more *categories* but
more *information* in the writeups. I believe one of the reasons the
CW Sprint is such a terrific success is that it doesn't have any
categories. The line scores show score, total QSOs, QSOs by band,
mults, QTH, and power level. There's no need for a single band
category because it's self-evident from the line scores. There's no
need for a low power category because it's self-evident from the line
scores. And have you ever noticed that there is no one petitioning to
add a packet assisted category? That alone is worth kharma points.
--Trey, N5KO
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