Gentlemen, We are all getting older and 48 hour contests for single ops are not as much fun as they used to be, more like torture. Would 36, 30 and 24 hours categories for single ops bring in more co
much fun as they used to be, more like torture. <snip> I'm glad yet another person has noticed this!!! competitors ? I've been advocating at least *one* lesser hour category for almost two years, and
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask a dozen hams, you'll probably get a dozen answers. Personally, I wouldn't like all contests to be the same, hour wise. I like some short ones and
The two most important comfort changes I've made in my station are: 1. Chair - Herman MIller Aeron. I used to rotate 3-4 different chairs, stand for a while, etc. I can sit in an Aeron all weekend w/
I vote for 48 hours contesting since we have only few such contests a year. I think there was a poll about this years ago?! Maybe time to repeat it and see if some changes happened since? I think it'
There is always talk of how the contesting community is getting older and how we need to attract more young people. With most contesters being somewhere between my father's age and my grandfather's a
Hrvoje Horvat wrote: "Argument that we're getting old is sad and should not be valid for our good. If we think and keep on saying that we're getting older and going in that direction that's just one
Hi all, I've been following this thread with interest.... Coincidentally on local broadcast radio this week I heard a story about a computer game fan in China who passed away following playing contin
Tom, NI1N said it much better then I did: "Catering to the older people seems counter-productive to attracting younger ones." If we will make everything for OM then my conclusion at age 22 is that in
I think the best all-around solution is to share the load when it becomes too much for one person alone. When the 48 hours seems too daunting, invite some other operators in, and do a Multi-Op. Make
was end of my serious effort. WWYC Hrle after crash decided to study economics instead of serious electronics :-) There are strong medical warnings against 48 hours efforts especially with schizophr
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:54:38 -0800 (PST)
Wouldn't it be nice if you could easily compare how you scored against others with similar operating time, ERP, band, geographical limitations? Add a real time score displaying component and you have
Hi, with the goal to get as many participants and as happy as possible why not compare to running events: surely they have the marathon as most important category. But nearly all organizers add half-
Greetings, all: I believe an issue with respect to limited hours entries, as well as some other "dumbed down" categories, is that the ops/stations with the biggest scores are the most influential in
It seems that we can never agree on this particular topic. I also agree with the analogy of running. I am a runner. I run 5Ks primarily and have done a couple of 10Ks. I have never done a half marath
Over the last few years I've been starting to see the light here, and am beginning to feel the same way about the big DX contests. Just because I feel that I am competitive doesn't mean that I someho
don't every win. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO! 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
Wow. What a great essay. Should be required reading for anyone signing up for CQ-Contest. Bravo, Kirk. See you on the weekend. Kelly ve4xt matched point. choose up every win. ________________________
Hats off to Kirk for a really good summary of reality. I'm not sure this is as pronounced as it may seem - I counted them up in the 3830 archives and found: Number of Top Ten High Power guest ops*: 1
Yah - I don't know where the line between "guest op" and "home station" would be exactly. The station is at K4JNY's house, but we've built it together splitting the cost and labor over the past 6 ye