We seemed to have gotten well off the original topic which was a
substantial drop in participation in the contest and what things we
could do to get more people to participate.
Sunday afternoon, lack of rate was mentioned as reason that discouraged
some.
I am not sure if there is any correlation between changing the length of
the contest and increasing participation.
Mike W0MU
On 2/9/2013 9:14 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
If you don't want to operate during the full length of the contest,
what does it matter what the actual length of the contest is? If you
only want to operate on Saturday, then do just that, etc.
If you are in it mostly for fun (like I usually am), then you operate
when you wish. If you want to be competitive, you'd do whatever it
takes to be competitive if that means operating the maximum time
allowed by the rules.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 2/8/13, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
Not only NO but HELL NO!
Bring more players, not less operating time.
On Friday, February 8, 2013, Timothy Coker wrote:
Shorten it... better for family time, less Sunday boredom, etc.
I think this idea has something for everyone. I know a lot of the older
guys who no longer choose to stay in the chair due to ailments. I know a
number of the younger guys who choose to not stay in the chair due to
family time. The third is the shear boredom factor of a one contact per
station rule.
I could go with the break period too... maybe two hours like NAQP? I
personally like the decision making involved with when to break. Plus we
can take a walk, sleep, eat dinner with our loved ones, etc.
73,
Tim/ N6WIN.
On Feb 6, 2013 12:27 PM, "Steve London" <n2icarrl@gmail.com
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wrote:
On 02/06/2013 11:42 AM, RT Clay wrote:
Yes, the fix is simple: shorten the overall length to 24 hours. Still
keep a required off time of 6 hours. > The off time is important to
allow
stations in different parts of the country to choose the best times to
operate (day/night). That is particularly important for small
stations.
Choosing when to take off is also > part of SS strategy.
I could almost warm up to this. Except I would say get rid of the
required
off time. Go 24 hours if that's what you want.
With 24 hours total the exact start time doesn't matter either as far
as
propagation- it covers a full day.
0000Z to 2359Z . That should make Sunday more interesting - it will be
the
first opportunity for significant high band propagation, and there
would
be
only one night-time opportunity.
I'm sure the average qso speed in SS has gone up over the years-
computer
logging/etc, plus the exchange used to be longer. So it makes sense to
make
the whole thing shorter.
That is absolutely true. I have listened to recordings from the 1970's.
Much slower. That was the way to pick up the hoards of newly-licensed
General's who could barely do 13 WPM.
Yes, records get messed up. But they already get messed up every time
a
new section is added.
Agreed.
If SS is shortened, I could even warm up to grandfathering the old
records
and starting new records.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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