Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 15:18:22 +0000 (UTC)
It has now been 10 years since the US went code-free and ham radio license numbers are at ALL TIME highs - 750K total, half are general and extra that have HF privileges. 30K new techs a year, 10K up
"And MOST importantly look at the checks in the last SS." We can't do that since people can send whatever number they want. Maybe lots of new hams are running the CWSS but they send checks in the 50s
I have listened to recordings of SS from the 60's and 70's. What strikes me is how much slower CW speeds were then. You needed to troll in all of those newly-hatched General's, who could copy only sl
Steve, Are any of these recordings available on-line? They would be pretty neat to hear. The first contest I ever participated in (other than field day) was the 1981 November Sweepstakes. I was a nov
Overall the checks are a good indication, and just look around the room at the ages of the contesters. I am 53 and younger than most. Keep up the trolling John. We can't do that since people can sen
This IS something very interesting actually, If you look at my rate graph, That Bump you see at 20:00Z? That was a simple change of going from the typical ~30/35 WPM, to only ~16/18 WPM. It felt ter
I am not trolling. As far as I know, using prefills from a database isn't explicitly against the rules, where the rules say that you must copy all of the QSO information. If you use some of that info
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 15:56:27 -0500
If that was true why are there many, many more checks with 90s, 00s, and teens in the SS phone than in SSCW. CW is a dying operation in domestic contests. Sunday afternoons in SS phone are slower, bu
I watched some old videos of contesting and a lot of it was slower back then too. Lots of slow phone, slow CW. Today we have computers which speed things up. That would explain it. Back then, you use
Yep. And yes, slowing down is a good thing. Few of the high scorers work above 30 wpm, especially on Sunday. I know a lot of hams who give up on SS before even sitting down because they don't feel co
Ria, Did you get to experience dupe sheets? That was a totally different world, but it was fun to try and play dupe sheet blackout-see how many of the squares you can fill. I don't miss the paper log
But not in CQWW! 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k9ma@sdellington.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman
Once, on field day, I did that with a club. Never again. Oh, and yes the YL-OM contest rules still say dupe sheets. Im going to remind them to update it. 73 Ria, N2RJ ________________________________
Why not simply allowing to work same station on other bands, like it's being done in all other Contests? Yuri VE3DZ It has now been 10 years since the US went code-free and ham radio license numbers
That would completely alter the characteristics of the contest, making it a clone of NAQP. -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
Why make SS like all the rest of the contests? It's not all about more mults and more band qsos. I guess I'm getting old and enjoy some of the old ways. Ray,N6VR Yuri VE3DZ It has now been 10 years
K0HB stated: "That would completely alter the characteristics of the contest, making it a clone of NAQP." No argument there. I thought I would check the activity of the SS contest vs the NAQP contest
Then why so much whining around it? And why people are so afraid of changes? I remember those endless talks about 0-point QSOs in CQ WPX. And when finally a change has been introduced I dont think th
Although I had limited time available last weekend, I heard a lot of empty spaces in the bands. Activity did seem to be down and the claimed results seem to support that at least with local scores. I