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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest

To: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>, "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>, "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest
From: Ed K1EP <k1ep.list@gmail.com>
Reply-to: k1ep.list@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:18:50 -0500
List-post: <cq-contest@contesting.com">mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
At 2/14/2010 12:45 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:

>Having some time to read reactions about the new Rookie Roundup contest, the
>only negative thing that crossed my mind would be the proportion of
>"Rookies" vs. "The rest of us". In other words, if there are 100 contesters
>to every 2 rookies, imagine the pileups for anyone signing /ROK on their
>callsign. They might as well be a P5.

What is the point in signing /ROK?  If scoring is on line and/or real 
time, then once again the sponsors will know who is a rookie and who 
is not.  Scoring will be appropriate and the rookie won't be 
inundated with a potentially unmanageable pileup.


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