Guys, the problem is not the rules per say. Check your logs and see the
checks. My 900+ QSOs contained mostly checks from the 50s, 60s and 70s. I'll
bet I didn't have more than 15 from the 00s and just a few more from the 90s.
No code is the slow death knell for domestic CW contests like SS.
It makes sense if you think about it. Most new guys just see any real need to
learn the code and even if they try to use it, their efforts will start at 5 or
6 WPM. That was fine when we had the novice bands and the speeds down there
were all 5-10 WPM. But let's be honest, unless it was a P5 calling CQ at 6
WPM, how many of you would answer the guy?
Like it or not, CW although it will always be used by some, is a dying art.
Our hobby changes, but JT65 et al and no code are putting a knife into the
heart of the art.
K4XS/KH7XS
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
To: jimk8mr <jimk8mr@aol.com>; cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?
A rule change to permit the appearance of additional activity, by manufacturing
contacts under a second or third or fourth callsign?Doesn't strike me as a good
idea.I think a better idea would be to try and recruit more people to operate
in Sweepstakes. In other words, actually increase activity with an increase in
operators, not an increase merely in callsigns.73, ron W3WN-----Original
Message-----From: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>To: Alan
Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 10:17
amSubject: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?For all who stuck it out to the bitter
end in SS, it is clear that it is time for a rules update for ARRL contests,
specifically doing away with general rules 3.3 and 3.5:3.3.An operator may not
use more than one call sign from any given location during the contest
period.3.5.A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not be
subsequently used under any other call during the contest period, except for
family stations where more than one call has been issued, and then only if the
second call sign is used by a different operator. (The intent of this rule is
to accommodate family members who must share a rig and to prohibit manufactured
or artificial contacts.)------------------------As many of you are aware, for
many years I’ve been doing “Single Operator Multi Station” efforts in SS,
typically operating from four different stations in an effort to turn SS into a
24 hour ratefest. Now that I’m a Florida snowbird, that has been reduced to two
efforts, this year a QRP effort as K8MR with the KX3 from a waterfront parking
area, and a LP effort with the K3 from the condo as W3USA.It was a lot more fun
to be working people in the second effort from W3USA who I had previously
worked from K8MR. I’m sure nobody was bothered that I gave them an extra QSO by
using two stations.My take is that these rules were put in many years ago to
prevent “manufactured” contacts by friends, fellow club members or whoever. In
the days of paper logs that may have made sense. But with today’s log checking
it is a lot easier to find suspicious manufactured contacts. Even though a
person “ manufacturing” a few QSOs is not likely to send in a log of those
QSOs.Some reasonable limits might be in order, such as a minimum off time from
a previous call before it could be used again, or even not allowing any return
to using a previous call. But if a few hundred people were to decide on Sunday
afternoon (or whenever) to fire up their stations with a new call, and have fun
running some good rates while giving the full time folks new people somebody to
work, would anybody really mind? 73 - Jim
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