If a major contest dared to restrict running it would no longer be
a major contest.
Does anyone wish for a return to the ARRL CW DX Competition
quotas of 1966 and before? That definitely restricted running!
"Quotas: The maximum number of points per country per band
which may be earned by W, K, KL7 and KH6 stations in the
CW section is 18" That was only six stations per band!
The quota foe Canadians was larger: eight QSOs per band
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry N1EU" <n1eu.barry@gmail.com>
To: "cq-contest reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:51:03 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Little Pistols running (was something else)
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Scott Ellington <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
>
> Late in most any contest, there's clearly a lot of unproductive CQ
> activity going on, so wouldn't a way to make more productive use of that
> spectrum be desirable? It could keep a lot of casual operators from
> getting bored and turning off their radios, as I know I often do.
>
> Even with the modest number of QSO's I usually have in my log by the
> second day, my runs typically peter out after a while, to the point where
> I'm lucky to be making one QSO every one or two minutes. At that point, I
> usually go back to S&P. If I can't find a reasonable number of new
> contacts, I bail for a while. One tactic I'm think of trying is, when it's
> getting slow and I'm ready to quit trying to run anyway, to offer the
> frequency to one of my callers. That's as opposed to just abandoning the
> frequency, which more than likely will quickly be claimed by a big gun. It
> won't guarantee my last caller can hold the frequency, but at least it
> gives him/her a chance. Any suggestions on how to get that message across
> on CW? "UR FREQ"?
>
>
It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict the
percentage/duration of time you could run on 40/20/15M.
73, Barry N1EU
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