Author: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:27:11 -0400
I think you need to be more specifically asking about the **CW** SS. The phone SS seems to have a reasonably good number of newcomers. And the short answer will be that (a) it takes better CW skills
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:48:07 -0400
This definitely not true for the Phone SS. I worked over 350 stations with a check of 2010 or later in the latest Phone SS. Almost 50 of these were a CK of 17. For CW, the answer is easy. Most of the
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:34:05 -0400
I agree about the long exchange on CW. It is very hard to get non-contester casual ops to pass a QSO to us in that one. That's why I quit after 19+ hours. However, it can be done on SSB with a little
We need to change it to make sure that the East Coast can dominate in this contest too? Can we get a status report on the changes to all the DX contest rules to make it more fun for everyone not on
The long exchange makes it one of the few contests that requires that you copy anything that you didn't already know! There are far too many like this. Like CQWW, ARRL DX, and the RAC contests. The c
Perhaps it's time to consider adding other digital modes to the contest? RTTY has been around for decades, PSK for a while, and newest methods such as FT8 are popular. SS used to be CW and AM; then S
If you want a domestic contest with fewer hours, a shorter exchange, and you can work everyone on all bands... guess what, it's called the North American QSO Party. And bonus! It happens TWICE a year
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! Well stated Jeff. 73, Dennis NJ6G Please don't mess with the Sweepstakes. 73 jeff wk6i ps: I'd love to see a RTTY Sweeps. I know that's never happening. ____________
I wonder why there is no SS RTTY or ARRL DX RTTY. CQ has a RTTY leg for their major contests and they are both quite fun. John KK9A ps: I'd love to see a RTTY Sweeps. I know that's never happening. -
I love SS specifically because the long unpredictable exchange requires Radioman skill to actually COPY something. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________
One of the things that I would never vote for with SS would be changing the exchange. It is what makes it unique and different and has a ton of history behind it. As other have said there is a no c
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:32:36 -0400
Let's not go there with FT-8 as part of the SS. My computer working your computer...boring! FT-8 only SS is OK with me...I'll sort my sock drawer. Bill K4XS/KH7XS Perhaps it's time to consider adding
Historical reasons. There is not ARRL international DX RTTY either. There is the RTTY roundup which is a different contest. Ria N2RJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
You are correct - it would be a terrible change to SS. -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
What? Do you think 10 and 15 are better from the east coast and midwest? To where? These bands are not open for them either and in fact they are not useful for reaching population centers - except fo
Author: "Richard F. DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:36:45 -0400
I agree. Not every contest has to be a callsign copying competition. Not every contest has to be a massive multiplier move fest. Not every contest has to have the 10-Q meter pegged at 240 for the
Computer working computer also applies to RTTY, because you can't decode the didle. I've used FT8 in contests and it's basically just another mode. Ria N2RJ __________________________________________
Yes history - ARRL has a history of near zero interest in RTTY contests. Roundup is the only one. RTTY Roundup wasn't even initially an ARRL contest, and I've never been entirely clear what moment of
Author: Andrew Faber via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:23:33 -0700
As a devotee of the 24-hour "classic" category in CQWW, I think a 12-hour category for SS would make it much more enjoyable. 73, andy ae6y I agree. Not every contest has to be a callsign copying comp
What contests use FT8? I have worked a lot of guys on RTTY that were sending with a key and decoding using their transceiver so you do not really need computer. Like CW and SSB, you can tune the band