Because it's simply not going to happen. If you want an SS-like contest
where you can work stations on every band, then the NAQP is for you.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 02/01/2013 01:11 PM, Alan M. Eshleman wrote:
Why are they off the table?
73, Alan/K6SRZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve London"<n2icarrl@gmail.com>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:52:23 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Have NCCC and PVRC ruined SS?
To me, it's not the points contributed, it's the number of active
stations that matter. I'll define "active" as those stations who put in
10 or more hours.
As the author of the upcoming Phone SS writeup, I can say that it was
very disappointing to see the drop in activity in 2012. The decreased
emphasis by some clubs was a significant component of this drop.
What can we do to increase activity ? Making drastic changes, such as
allowing the same station to be worked on each band, are off-the-table.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/31/2013 01:38 PM, Bill Haddon wrote:
Let's look at some actual numbers to assess the extent to which NCCC's not
highlighting Sweepstakes influenced the Sweepstakes, over-all:
For 2011 (one of the years cited by the K3KU message):
Total points in Sweepstakes CW: ~85,000,000
Points from PVRC: 10,113,000
Points from NCCC: 7,970,000
Suppose NCCC had emphasized SS and that NCCC tied PVRC:
Increase in Sweepstakes scores under this scenario: ~2.6% of total
SS CW points.
It does appear that NCCC contributed a bit less in 2012 (can't tell easily
since the CW and Phone scores are not individually summed in the NCCC
database), but I'd guess NCCC generated about 6,000,000 CW points (but many
members' scores went to MLDXCC). So there might be about a 5% impact on
overall Sweepstakes activity from our failure to stress the Sweepstakes in
2012. A relatively small effect.
73 Bill n6zfo
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