Speaking for many of us who go rovering in state QSO parties there are many
reasons that CW is the preferred
mode of operation.
1) In most State QSO parties you get more points for CW
than SSB contacts
2) Many of us have to choose between tuning our mobile
antennas for CW or SSB. Mobile antennas are
inefficent to begin with and have a very narrow bandwidth.
Using an inefficent antenna antenna that is tuned for CW
on SSB (with an antenna tuner) works but it is not the
ideal situation. I firmly believe that much of the success
that K4BAI and I have when we go rovering is because I
have taken the time to tune and ground our mobile
antennas properly.
3) There is much more interest in CW by non-contesters
(i.e CW County Hunters) so the rates on CW are much
higher than SSB. The guys who tend to collect counties
on SSB all seem to do it on a net.
While having a group of rovers to hit the rare counties is important it is
just as important for the sponsor to try to encourage activity by fixed
stations. Those stations don't have to be contesters. I know in GA there are
some clubs
that use the GQP as a club activity.
73, Jeff KU8E (aka W4AN/m with K4BAI)
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