You found it boring? Huh? Must not be talking about the same contest I was
in.
I for one had a blast, sorry you didn't.
I've been trying to read most all of the 3830 score posting soapbox comments
and it sure seems that a lot of the fellas had a good time too and have said so.
I ran as much as I could, whenever I could squeeze into any available open
space I could find between all the DX stations who were. I had a lot of
activity, didn't seem like poor participation.
John - N1PGA
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-----Original Message-----
From: hankkier@aol.com
Sender: "YCCC" <yccc-bounces@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:45:08
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>; <yccc@yccc.org>
Subject: [YCCC] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite
1 - almost impossible to find a run frequency without stepping on someone's
toes, except on 10 meters
2 - poor participation numbers by DX
3 - reduced # of country multipliers available; probably 25% less than
available in CQWW
4 - voicebox can't handle the traffic!
5 - keep working the same stations on the same bands that we have worked
countless times before
6 - BORING
Some stats:
- worked 794 different calls; 1281 total qsos
- just 133 separate stations (11%) gave me 40% of my total QSOs - worked those
on 3 or more bands - virtually ALL of those stations I have worked in every
contest in which I have made any effort - BORING
- 2 or more bands, 237 (18%) stations and 60% of the points!
Need something to increase interest, and participation, of DX stations
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