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Re: [CQ-Contest] Establishing a contest within a contest

To: "'Pete Smith N4ZR'" <n4zr@contesting.com>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Establishing a contest within a contest
From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd@charter.net>
Reply-to: k5zd@charter.net
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:07:22 -0000
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The CQ WW CLASSIC Overlay category is a great example of a contest within a
contest.  There is certainly room for more Overlay options provided they
will increase both activity and enjoyment.

The IARU HF Championship serves as a platform for the WRTC competition.  As
long as the CWAC is not working against the 'platform contest', there is no
limit to the additional options for competition that may be created.

The public CQ WW logs provide a very clean and substantial data set for
anyone that wants to take on the programming task for creating their own
CWAC.

Randy, K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Pete Smith N4ZR
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:25 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com; Martin Durham
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Establishing a contest within a contest
> 
> How much difference a decade makes!  Whenseveral of us suggested that we
> implement a CWAC to try out a 24-hour category within CQWW, Bob Cox
> angrily rejected the idea, saying that not a single QSO in a single CQWW
> log would ever be released.
> 
> How far we've come since! Now, if only the ARRL would adopt the open logs
> concept, followed perhaps by the Russians and Germans, we'd have an ample
> playing field for all sorts of experiments.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 11/13/2015 2:45 AM, James Latham wrote:
> > " I will gently point out that nothing prevents you from doing that as
> > a Contest Within A Contest right now.  As long as the contacts are
> > valid under the CQ WW rules, you can score them any way you like and
> > publish the results according to any criteria you can imagine.  If
> > enough people care about the results of the CWAC, it will become
> > popular.  If they don't, it won't.  The CQ WW will benefit from the
> > activity and you will benefit from having tried something interesting
> and new.  Go for it!
> >
> > 73, Ward N0AX"
> >
> > I think N0AX is spot on with his suggestion. Just set up a contest
> > within a contest and test your ideas out, if your new contest works
> > you will have a big start in establishing it as a free standing
> contest.
> >
> > 73,  Jim   KP2XX
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