Jeff,
I understand and agree with your assessment of overall contest exchange
efficiency. I smile at the "GL" that is often included in the exchange.
Fortunately, I am *not* counting on "Luck", whether good or bad, to
fulfill my contest goal of achieving the maximum score possible within
the time I have available to operate.
But that aside, CQWW solicited people to complete an online poll
regarding their contest experiences and thoughts last spring. The
results of that poll were posted a while back, here:
http://cqww.com/blog/?p=150
The very first question was:
*Which is the best description of your operating interest in the CQ WW
Contest?
*
Serious competitor trying to win a certificate or plaque:
1675 - 31.6%
Part time operator trying for the highest score possible
1831 - 34.6%
Chasing contacts for awards:
546 - 10.3%
Having fun and giving points to other:
1023 - 19.3%
Other:
217 - 4.1%
Total
5292 - 100%
I suspect most of the fellows on this reflector fall into one of the
first two responses. But when you total the last three categories,
one-third of the operators in your log are less likely to know or care
about contest exchange efficiency.
As someone stated before, I am not overly concerned with making a
contact in a 'less than efficient' manner when that QSO will be
multiplied by the number of multipliers in my log. I have been known to
hit the Ctrl+K combination and type a personal response from time to
time... most often to a friend who I know or a station who is obviously
not in the league of WØYK, or AA5AU, or K3LR, or K9CT, or... etc.
I do believe it is good to discuss operator efficiencies in general and
it will help those in the last 1/3 to move up into the 2/3 area when
they choose to change their contesting focus.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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On 10/3/2013 11:26 AM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
The format for the best exchange is pretty well fine-tuned. And as
with the /QRP, the more stuff you put on the line, the more
unproductive it is. GL is another example of that. The direct cost
is in the time it takes to send the GL and the space. Multiplied
times the number of QSO exchanges. The indirect cost is present also,
for example a guy misprinting GL for something else in rough copy
times and needing a repeat, or waiting, or skipping you to move onto
the next guy causing you to miss a potential mult, etc. So we have to
add in some more time wasted that would be hard to figure out but must
be present.
This discussion thread on courtesy reminds me of the Pamplona bull
races. When it's go-time, guys there are focused on the task and there
is no time for pleasantries. Nor should any be expected. It's a
serious activity. And people who are there needing the touchie-feelie
chit-chat would be well advised to stay off the streets when that
event is happening. For guys who want to "try it" - then they should
respect the tradition enough to take a look at the way things are
normally done. Penalties in the bull races are severe and immediate -
so runners are probably well motivated to prepare well.
And while the penalty for not doing the RTTY exchange right does not
cause a sudden rise in calcuim content as in the bull run case, the
point is similar. This kind of contest is needs to have maximum
efficiency in mind as a priority. A key goal of the contest is the
maximum number of QSO in the allotted time, especially for those
running un-assisted. So anything that digresses from that key goal
should properly be excluded. And that includes unnecessary exchange
elements (e.g. GL), problem causing unnecessary data exchange elements
(e.g. /QRP) and confusion adding elements (e.g. DE when it's not your
state).
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Magarelli
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 8:47 AM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Courtesy
Following this courtesy on RTTY discussion line. I had the thought, would
it be to much time and data
not to only send TU but add GL to the courtesy response so it could
be TU GL
Just a thought. Would like to hear the Groups thoughts TNX
Thomas (aka Tom)
WA2PNI
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of W4GKM
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 8:55 AM
To: john; rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Courtesy
I go by Nick, but you can call me Nicholas or anything else, just as
long as
you call me. I appreciate all contacts.
-----Original Message-----
From: john
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 7:40 AM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Courtesy
try "clyde",,, I go by john w8wej
On 10/3/2013 02:08, Tom Osborne wrote:
I know what you mean Hank. It grits me when someone sends 'Hi Thomas.'
I
never use that name. 73
Tom W7WHY
There is NOTHING I hate more than people who doesn't know me from
Adam, greeting me in a contest as Henry. Obviously, they don't know me
because the only one who ever called me Henry was my mother and then
only when she was mad.
Artificial, imposed-by-rules, friendliness is worse than meaningless.
It's stupid.
Artificial,
do-it-because-your-super-dooper-software-allows-you-to-do-it,
friendliness is worse than meaningless, It's stupid.
73,
Hank, W6SX
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