KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE I don't do these forum-things as a rule, but my friend K5GO tipped me that there was a serious (?) suggestion about "combining" the SOAB and SO (A) categories. Apparently the
George, The survey is OPEN to all. The link to it was posted right here on CQ-Contest. The CQ WW Contest Committee is conducting a survey to gather input from participants about various aspects of th
Both K5GO and W0UA are right on the mark. Although I have begun to do assisted, many (perhaps the majority) of serious contesters do not. The concept of combining both into one category makes no sens
George, Everyone who submitted a CQWW (not WPX - this is a CQWW survey - not WPX) log with a valid email address this past year received a direct email invitation to the survey. In an attempt to spre
The survey is OPEN to all. It's not a survey! Yes, it looks like a survey, and I've responded to it myself but, in reality, it's not a survey. Rather, it appears to be, in part, a tool or a pretext
I guess if K5GO, W0UA and you already know the answers, there is no point in doing the survey and soliciting thousands or opinions. BTW, the WAE hasn't been the same without you... :-) Barry W2UP On
Given that use of DX cluster is almost universal amongst DXers, it might be seen as surprising that only 33 percent of single ops in CQWW use it. Like George, I do not think there are huge numbers of
Can we please stop with the conspiracy theories ? Can we stop attributing motives to the survey author ? 73, Steve, N2IC The survey is OPEN to all. It's not a survey! Yes, it looks like a survey, and
Didn't think it would make a big difference if I participated or not in WAE. However, over the years I passed out thousands of Qs and QTC. It's not a whole lot different than boycotting a store when
I vote to add Paul, EI5DI, to W2UP's list of those who know the answers. I agree with everything Paul says in his post. There are serious contesters, CQ Hall of Famers, CQ Committee Members and other
Uhhh ... cause everyone always enters the same category from year to year? Really? I have news for you. Not everyone in radiosport is rabid about category distinctions, and circumstances often determ
My longtime friend George said: Eliminating our category-of-choice seems a rather shabby reward for our trust and devotion over not just years, but decades. George Im 100% with you on this. Operating
Hi Dave, I just want to clear this 2/3 vs 1/3 anecdotal argument that seems to have started to live its own life. This is not usable statistics for the mere fact that log programs tend default to non
Tonno, I'm happy to report that N1MM Logger has defaulted to Assisted since last summer, for precisely this reason. It will be interested to see the trend among low-scoring participants this year tow
Hi Tonno This is a great illustration that numbers can be used to support any argument! The 1/3 -2/3 split came from figures supplied by Randy. I am prepared to believe that some casual entrants fail
The "anecdotal argument" to which ES5TV refers started its "life" for me when I saw a post here from the contest director to the effect that 33 percent of the entries in 2012 were in the Assisted cat