Hi Dick:
Now I could live with that change !!!
Single Mode op's shouldn't care.
Multi Mode op's shouldn't care.
Propargation shouldn't care.
Now the big BITCH could be:
Which contest first for the first time !!!
and
How I was cheated out of winning by the stupid changes !!!
GREAT IDEA !!!
73
Bob, K1VU
At 15:39 4/4/2004 , Dick Green WC1M wrote:
>This is a topic of lively conversation around my house, too. Seems to me the
>easiest thing to do would be to alternate the CW and SSB weekends every
>year. This would ensure that the contest falls on a convenient weekend for
>everyone at least every other year. It would also give fans of both modes a
>taste of conditions at different times in the annual cycle.
>
>As for throwing off the historical records, I don't buy that at all --
>there's no way to make apples-to-apples comparisons with propagation
>conditions varying substantially from year to year and cycle to cycle. The
>truly meaningful comparison is the one that takes place between competitors
>in the same contest, and even that is subject to significant variations in
>equipment and location. All-time records are interesting, in that scores are
>probably increasing over time due to computer logging, ever-larger stations,
>improved skills, increased communication among contests via the Internet,
>propagation and antenna modeling programs, etc. But whether the record is
>set in late October or late November seems to me to be a matter of chance.
>We've all seen fabulous conditions in one weekend and terrible conditions in
>the other.
>
>I can't imagine there would be any harm in swapping mode weekends for one
>year -- the following year would be the same as now, so we could continue
>with alternating or stop doing it if people hate it.
>
>73, Dick WC1M
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