I think that the M/S option is the fun category in the CQWW. I have
operated in this category for years and I am not "big pistol". And as to
"many others opting out of contesting" it sure seems that there are a lot of
guys on during contest weekends.
The rules are what they are. Some contests favor one area some others. At
our contest station in Mexico, 6D2X, we couldn't win because Mexico was a 2
point country in the CQWW test. On the other hand we did quite well in the
ARRL contest because of our location.
Enter the contests that you like. Don't enter the ones you don't like. It is
supposed to be fun.
Bill W5VX
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Charles Harpole
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:58 PM
To: kr2q@optimum.net; Alfred Laun
Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ONE radio, two operators??
Tnx KR2Q.... Now I remember why I thot the Multi One category is dumb. I
see that it does give the second op something to do in addition to sleep,
but really kills off the idea of ONE op and ONE radio to which the category
NAME implies. The rule that I have finally paid attention to appears to
be a cheap way for second level pistols to APPEAR to compete with the first
level pistols. More and more as I reawaken to the contest rules I
understand why the whole things are designed by big pistol ops and why many
other operators opt out of contesting. I also refer to rules which make
huge Asia equal to EU.
Baloney, 73, Charly
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:40 PM, <kr2q@optimum.net> wrote:
> Charly,
>
> Yes, you have read it correctly. It has been this way for over 3 decades.
>
> See my article in CQ from August 1981, where M/S is elaborated.
> It was that way even before my article. This article is a bit dated,
> so for up to date information, see the 2 links below.
>
> See: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm
>
> Also see the Multi-Single FAQ: http://www.cqww.com/rules_faq.htm
> Scroll about half way down the above cited page.
>
> GL!
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
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