I'm somewhat tempted to answer the exchange that has no 5nn in it with a dit
dit... but not send an exchange... or if it has already been sent, then delete
the Q from my log.. as being incomplete. I always send an rst because a QSL
should have it too. And many of the Qs will be followed by a QSL. Besides.. if
you have the time to not send an rst.. then I have the time to delete your Q...
well.. maybe not because now I need to make up the time I lost by asking for
your exchange again. Find another way to increase your score.... bigger amps...
bigger towers.... faster computers...
Have a great day,
--... ...--
Dale - WC7S in Wy
> From: W5OV@W5OV.COM
> To: jimsmith@shaw.ca; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:14:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest exchange
>
> There is no way that this will save K1TN any time (sorry, old buddy).
>
> The number of repeat requests he will get by not following the established
> and REQUIRED exchange "pattern" will actually cost him time.
>
> I think that making an issue out of sending what undeniably is strictly a
> "sync" for the rest of the exchange is essentially without merit.
>
> If you think about it, what's so important about the rest of the exchange?
> It's really all meaningless - isn't it?
>
> It is for this reason that I find the criticism of the contents of the
> required exchange to be of no value - when, the entire contest's value could
> be questioned.
>
> So, send the 5nn and stop complaining about redundancy.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob W5OV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Smith
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 2:18 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest exchange
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> While I agree that the RST requirement doesn't provide much of a test of
> our ability to copy info rapidly and accurately, the rules of many
> contests require that we send it. You have decided to not follow these
> rules.
>
> No problem - so long as your entry is submitted as a check log (or, less
> desirably, not at all).
>
> Otherwise the Ch...er word can be applied to you.
>
> Something you may not have thought about. Let's say
> a) You make 1200 Qs in a contest
> b) It takes 1 second to send 5NN
>
> Not sending 5NN saves you 1200 seconds or 20 minutes. This gives you 20
> more minutes of contest time than anyone else.
>
> In the case of a M/M making 6,000 Qs we're now up to 100 minutes of
> extra contest time. That could easily translate into an extra 100 Qs.
>
> I think one's competitors might object. I know I would.
>
>
> 73, Jim VE7FO
>
> On 3/20/2013 11:50 AM, James Cain wrote:
> > I got in the Wisconsin QSO Party a week ago last Sunday for my usual brief
> foray, CW only, 3.5 hours, 350 QSOs. Great fun! Lots of OF friends called
> in.
> >
> > The geniuses who run the WIQP -- none of them serious contesters --
> specify the exchange as just location, no signal report. That really speeds
> things up.
> >
> > So I have made a Command Decision here at the Battleship Wisconsin. I will
> no longer send a signal report in any contest; I will send only whatever the
> other element of the exchange is, the one that matters. You have been
> warned.
> >
> > K1TN WI
> > K1TN 04
> > K1TN OCO
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