Maybe it's the lower participation rate, particularly
with the mobiles. Mobile activity can make or break a
QSO party.
Folks probably have their hands full with two modes in
some cases.
Certainly counting RTTY/digital as a separate QSO does
seem reasonable, versus combining it with CW, you know
that other digital mode ;o)
73,
Julius
--- John Geiger <n5ten@yahoo.com> wrote:
> One thing that I don't like about the rules for many
> of the state QSO parties is that they lump CW and
> the
> digital modes together, in that you can work someone
> on CW or RTTY, but not both. CW and RTTY are
> different modes. Why not lump RTTY and SSB together
> as one mode instead, especially since most people
> doing RTTY have the mode switch set to LSB on their
> rigs. I guess they put CW and RTTY together since
> they are closer in frequency on the band.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- Dan Kovatch <w8car@buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>
> > I think the extra point is a factor but CW is the
> > prefered mode to snag
> > mobiles in QSO parties because of the condx. Much
> > easier to work the roving
> > mobiles on Cw than on SSB plus they tend to work
> CW
> > a bit more than SSB
> > (condx allowing). I know the times I have operated
> > in OQP as a mobile SSB
> > was a bust after only a few minutes on the band
> > where rates would hold up
> > for a least 20-30 minutes on CW.
> >
> > But then again -there are those points!!!!
> >
> > Dan W8CAR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Geiger" <n5ten@yahoo.com>
> > To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:16 PM
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] State QSO parties and CW
> >
> >
> > > The Florida QSO party this past weekend reminded
> > me of
> > > something I have observed for the past few
> years.
> > > With the exception of maybe the California QSO
> > party,
> > > there seems to be much more CW than SSB activity
> > for
> > > state QSO parties.
> > >
> > > I am not complaining as I like CW contests and
> > just
> > > tolerate SSB contests, but why is this? It
> seems
> > that
> > > SSB would be easier to run while mobile.
> > >
> > > Does the extra points that CW QSOs score
> relative
> > to
> > > SSB QSOs make everyone stick with CW?
> > >
> > > 73s John AA5JG
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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