I'm mostly in it for the sweep as a personal challenge, and so I can add to
my sweep coffee cup collection.
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Chuck Milam, N9KY
N9KY@arrl.net
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Personally, I think its long exchange and that you can’t work people more
> than once in the contest. So rates slow down. Many of the aspects that
> the SS crowd likes about the contest. But that just my opinion.
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> 73
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> Ed N1UR
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> From: John Geiger [mailto:af5cc2@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:19 PM
> To: sawyered@earthlink.net
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions
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> Do we know why there are fewer new contesters doing the SS than other
> contests? Maybe the long exchange? Any other things turning off new
> licensees from this contest?
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> I think that SS has a number of fundamental issues in todays contesting
> environment. Not sure that changing the start and end times changes it.
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> It seems that virtually all of the participants have been doing SS for
> decades and very few new people are adding in.
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> If the people that do it every year want changes, great. But I think that
> the notion it makes SS less slow on Sunday, or increases participation are
> misguided.
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> The concept of allowing more than one QSO per band has merit to me, but I
> have never been an SS fan due to the SLOW 50% of the contest.
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> 73
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> Ed N1UR
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