I concur with Jim’s suggestion about analog and digital categories. It does two
things - it puts each in their own category so that they aren’t competing
against each other and it shuts up the grumbling old men who are against
anything other than CW. (BTW, I am 76 - old but not grumbling.)
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:40:54 +0000 (UTC)
> From: jimk8mr@aol.com
> To: dbmcalpine73@gmail.com, K9JK.cq@gmail.com
> Cc: sumner@snet.net, cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] possible changes for CQ VHF Contest
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> Hi Dennis,
> I'd suggest a somewhat middle ground: digital modes (FT*, etc.) and analog
> modes (SSB, CW, FM voice, etc.).
>
> And then allow single "mode" or mixed "mode" (analog - digital) entries, with
> repeat QSOs on the other mode.
> It did not happen for me this weekend, but it has not been unusual in the
> past to have cross-mode QSOs - CW to SSB. I would not want to make those
> impossible, as most were me calling a distant station on CW who was unable to
> copy me on SSB.
>
> As for CW vs. SSB, I had just about the same number of QSOs on each of those
> modes. Maybe because it was easier to punch F1 with the left hand and punch
> "page down" with the right hand as I was reading the online news on a
> separate computer.
> And thanks for that CW QSO!
>
> 73? -? Jim?? K8MR
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