Author: Bob Kupps via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 10:44:00 +0000 (UTC)
Hi well it probably does make a small difference in the score but the impact of "multiplier hunting" stations might be overestimated. IMO they are a great opportunity for newer contesters to ease int
Gerry, I understood your point. Please don't take it as an offence. Just look at it from this angle: There are RULES in the Contest, and serious contesters study rules, find the way how to use techno
There is an aspect to all of this that is over looked. Technology = MONEY With additional technology, the 'price of admission" gets higher and higher. This is especially egregious with multi's, but i
Hi Yuri, No offense taken. Take the NASCAR analogy. Yes, I expect people to push the rules -- like they do in car racing. When they found certain techniques were causing completely out-of-bound resul
Seems to me that BOTH Gerry and Mike "get it"... without NEW folks.. and aspiring to improve stations.. contesting.. and ham radio in general.. goes away!! You can't hide behind the... "WE are SO imp
I kind of hear that but I have a different take. Some have taken to creative means to "solve" that problem. We have one 5 area station who remotes to NY, and even one NY station is remoting to Maine
Not exactly, Mike. I never used the word unfair. It is what it is... I enjoy contesting. If winning was my only criteria for participating, I'd have left long ago, even though I'd had a good share of
Gerry I am enjoying this thread and listening to the various arguments. I have participated in all entry classes in CQWW (with the exception of QRP) and I have enjoyed them all. I do find that multi-
One thing that's gotten lost in this discussion, and is poorly accommodated by the rules for most contests, is the multi-single whose fundamental interest is in mentoring new contesters, or encouragi
Hank, A one-word rebuttal to your Its all about money jeremiad. W0AIH 73, de Hans, KØHB "Just a boy and his radio" Multi to me means a fellow or group which has megabuckz to devote to ham radio. .. .
8 transmitter M/S ?!?!?! Not sure how or why......3, maybe even 4......but more than that you have reached the point of diminishing returns (or whatever its called).....with the band change limit on
If this was Nascar what would be happening is that most of us would have one car in the race. The super stations have 8 or 6 or 4. The rules should reflect how the vast majority operate not be writte
Why can't contesting be both. A place for friends and novices to get together and have a good time and have a chance to do well and feel like you have a chance to win. How many people really have a c
Hank, A one-word rebuttal to your Its all about money jeremiad. W0AIH Touche mi amigo Boy! 73 de Lar K7SV _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting
Radio contesting is a lot like golf. You need to be happy comparing your results in your own mind to what you have done in the past, how well you played based on how well you feel you should have pla
W0MU stated: "The goal here is to attract new people." Really - I didn't know that we were all asked what the goal of major contests are. Major contests, in my opinion, are about competition at the h
Great ideas, Stan. Filtering the results sounds like a good idea, but would cause a hell of a lot of work for the committee and volunteers. Overlays makes sense -- in any category. Creating a new cla
Ed - you left out the biggie. To win you must live on the east coast with a chip shot to Europe on the low bands. Look at the big M/M stations in the west or midwest and someone with a very modest st
When I worked with the NYC marathon, the elites got their own start times and separate categories essentially. These are top class runners that will basically blow away most others. For a general com
CQWW did have an extreme category which allowed things like remote receivers and other "innovative" ideas. It died due to lack of interest. I wonder if anyone who was considering it would probably ex