Take away the band DXCCs , leave only the Mixed DXCC, and get rid of
Challenge and 5BDXCC and you reduce the scheme to a single QSO per entity.
That's what you want isn't it? That ignores, of course, any selfish desire
that I might have to work every entity on every band and every permissible
mode independent of any award offering. If we retain DXCC Mixed, Phone, and
CW then I need only two QSOs but if I can only work them once per
DXpedition I get to wait until the next DXpedition (5, 10, 15 years?) to get
the other mode I didn't work this time? Not very realistic.
I have met operators that probably couldn't work a DXpedition with stacked
arrays and legal limit power. Why? Mostly they are not paying attention to
the details. The cluster can help them locate the DX on the bands and will
help a bit with knowing whether there is propagation to the DX. Many have no
clue as to whether they need to point their antenna (assuming that it can be
pointed) short path or long path. Some can't find where the DX is listening.
Some can't time their calls so that the DX might hear them. Many do not seem
to recognize their own call. And on, and on, and on. Limiting others to a
single QSO is probably not going to help these operators.
With some skill and determination most operators can work the DXpeditions
even with modest antennas and limited power on multiple slots if they so
chose. Harder may be getting the time to make the QSOs in the slot the
operator desires that coincides with a time the operator can devote to
trying work to the DX given the other responsibilities the operator may
have. In this category the operator may not be a first week candidate to
work the DX. If being among the first to work the DX is important then the
big antennas and legal power may be a necessity along with more than minimal
skill. Why should it matter whether I am the first or last to work the DX in
a given slot? It does to some I know.
73, Larry W6NWS
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 9:39 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] FT5ZM RTTY is a zoo
Reducing DXCC or WAZ to only mixed awards (no band or mode
distinctions) might have an effect.
DXCC has no award for working all bands on all modes. DXCC
Challenge is one per band regardless of mode (CW, Phone/Image,
or Digital). DXCC CW, DXCC Phone, DXCC Digital are once on
the mode - a good operator can cover all of them with 10 QSOs
make it 12 if the first 10 are all one mode.
5BWAZ is mixed mode only, 160 and 6M WAZ are mixed mode only.
The other single band WAZ are single mode - I suppose someone
could try to work all single band awards on each mode but it
is still not likely than anyone would need a top 50 DXpedition
to fill all the slots for WAZ CW, WAZ SSB and WAZ RTTY in a given
zone - most zones have some relatively common DX located in them.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2/2/2014 9:17 PM, Larry wrote:
Actually, I suspect the faster you can populate the leader board you
might actually reduce a few dupes but that might work only for those
that look at the leader board. Dupes are going to occur regardless of
the leader board. I was listening to SSB on 15M and the operator said to
several "Thanks for the dupe contact." Some of these stations worked FT5
twice in less than 30 minutes - same band, same mode. Why? Too many
times an operator at the DX station incorrectly logs the wrong call so
people make insurance contacts. That's not a slam on the DX operator who
is doing the best he/she can without much cooperation from many in the
calling masses. It can be incredibly difficult on the DX side trying to
get calls correctly. Not too bad if you 40db over but if you are light
copy it is tough.
Realistically, deleting leader boards is not going to stop anyone from
trying to work all or as many of the slots as possible. Reducing DXCC
or WAZ to only mixed awards (no band or mode distinctions) might have an
effect.
73, Larry W6NWS
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