But that completely changes the nature of NAQP. One of the great things
about NAQP is that it IS limited to 100W and discourages cluster use.
That allows smaller stations to have a lot more fun, because they're not
competing with cluster-generated pileups.
I work contests differently, depending on the contest and how it relates
to my QTH. W6 is not competitive in DX contests, so I run QRP with the
intent of increasing my band-country count, so I use the cluster. (My
country count is 166 worked QRP). In the NA Sprint, I run SO2R at legal
limit. In NAQP I run SO2R at 100W, no cluster. I work 160M CW contests
QRP, trying to finish WAS (I need VT and SC) and maybe add a country or
two. Except for the Stew, I use the cluster.
The guys who started NAQP many years ago established rules that made it
the somewhat unique set of contests that it is, and most participants
like it the way it is. The statistics you posted yesterday obscured that
fact by only looked at M2 data, without comparing those entries to
single op.
73, Jim K9YC
On Thu,12/15/2016 8:52 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
SOA with unlimited band changes would be a huge rush and sounds like a
ton of fun to me to chase mults all over and having to decide if that
is more important than running. To each their own.
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