Hi Chris, To start, I need to correct something, I meant to write: "Most people used up most of their operating time in the first 24 hours". I was referring to the most competitive Single Ops that we
Why is the WPX-RTTY 30 hours? 73, Kermit, AB1J In a message dated 7/20/2011 12:12:44 A.M. GMT Standard Time, kq2m@kq2m.com writes: Hi Chris, When the single op time limit was increased to 36 hours, a
The 30 hour format seems to allow more ops outside the normal "win" zone to make the top ten if running Europe allows a better score. In 2011 the top ten claimed for the WPX CW shows only one statio
Excellent 'splanation why WPX has become more fun, more popular. Off times in the contest should be around 3 - 6 hours per 24 hour segment, for the reasons Bob outlined. When people go on "expedition
Rich, I think part of the problem with WPX is not the operating rules but the weekend on which it is held. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and a lot of people skip town that w
Very true. In addition, this year we had several lines of severe thunderstorms roll through over the course of the weekend. I would have had significant down time waiting for the lightnng to go away.
The problem is that the SSB portion started as the SSBARA SSB Contest (Bill W2SKE wrote the original rules). This was in January. The Contest moved to the end of March location as the CQ SSB Contest
I would love to see the WPX CW Contest move to a date earlier on the calendar and off the USA holiday weekend. Please find and suggest a date will not interfere with other existing contests. Let me w
As I have stated before on this reflector: "More activity = more fun more qso's = more fun more qso's = higher score = more fun" More activity = more stations to work for everyone. Despite the activi
I agree with Randy... To find another weekend for WPX that does not interfer with other major and more or less established contests is extremely difficult. Just check SM3CER Contest calendar for May
By that logic, you would advocate the following changes: - Change CQWW CW and SSB rules so same-country North Americans QSO's count for 2 points. - Change ARRL DX to world-works-world. 2 points per Q
Last weekend in April where the Dayton Hamvention used to be. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/lis
The current date for WPX CW (last full weekend of May) is fine with me. Memorial Day is a minor holiday and it only applies to the U.S. anyway. And, the end-of-May date helps spread out the major con
I expect you would hear some protests from the FCG, whose FQP may usually be the fourth weekend in April, but the fourth and the last weekend are often the same. The Florida QSO Party is one of the m
One benefit of the current Memorial Day weekend for WPX CW for those of us still working is that it gives you Monday to recover. One can do a full effort in WPX CW and still have a day left to recove
Hi Jim Explain to my wife and family that on Memorial Day we are going to stay home so I can contest :-) After a long winter, it is pretty major here. 73 Tom W7WHY ___________________________________
When was the Florida QSO Party before the Dayton hamvention vacated the last-weekend-in-April slot ? Why not a combined GA-FL QSO Party the 2nd weekend of April ? 73, Steve, N2IC ____________________
One of the reasons there is somewhat of a lull in the contest calendar in April has to do with that major Christian holiday of Easter. WPX SSB falls on easter some years - is this better or worse tha
If the holiday is such a big deal for WPX CW, then why isn't Thanksgiving a problem for CQWW CW? Thanksgiving is a much bigger holiday in the USA than Memorial Day, and many (like me) are usually dri