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Re: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:07:52 -0600
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One of the things that I would never vote for with SS would be changing the exchange.  It is what makes it unique and different and has a ton of history behind it.  As other have said there is a no copying skill contest nearly every other weekend, go try those.

W0MU


On 3/15/2018 6:52 AM, Joe wrote:
I LOVE SS BECAUSE of the LONG EXCHANGE!

It's not some simple brain dead 59 bla bla exchange that the anti contesters just love to make fun of.

But I know I'm different! I also liked the old Novice Roundup that lasted TEN DAYS!

The old Novice Roundup required you to learn and understand propagation. It was NOT just brute force get on and make contacts.  You had to decide WHEN to get on. And on what bands.

Is getting on at 3 AM Tuesday morning a good time? Or is a Saturday afternoon at 3 PM Better? Say, You still need Mainly seven land multipliers, what time and what band will give the greatest chance for propagation into seven land for you and your station!

A contest that has strategy not just brute force would be really cool!

I really never had gotten the feelings of the Sunday doldrums in SS.

But of course, I have done also many a VHF/UHF contests. Where on Sunday one QSO a Hour is great!

Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/14/2018 7:19 PM, John Geiger wrote:
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?

73 John AF5CC

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:

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.



It seems that virtually all of the participants have been doing SS for
decades and very few new people are adding in.



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.



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.



73



Ed  N1UR

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