If we need to make SS a true contest of copying some unpredictable
information, perhaps we should follow in the tracks of banks and the like, who
send you a text message with a six digit code to log in. After each QSO, the SS
server would send you a new six digit code which would be the check for your
next sent exchange, to be copied correctly by the other guy.
That could be especially fun for the cut number fanatics.
73 - Jim K8MR
On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 08:53:26 AM EDT, Art Boyars
<artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
The "Least favorite month..." thread has morphed into the n-th resurrection
of discussing whether or not SS (especially CW) needs to be adjusted. I'm
breaking it off to a properly new thread.
The perennially wise K0HB said:
"The exchange is exactly the right length.
"I have, however, heard some computer operators complain that you have to
be a radioman and copy some unpredictable information."
Right on! During a previous incarnation of this discussion I said, "Can't
we have at least one contest where you actually have to copy something?"
And for the most recent SS CW I said (on 3830scores.com), "Yes,
participation did seem a little down, and Sunday afternoon might be a slog in
SS CW -- but that's part of the challenge, finding new QSOs when
things get slow.
Are you up to it?"
Speaking of challenges, for us non-assisted op's -- and even for some of
the AMQ computer-game Assisted op's -- the Sweep will be a real challenge,
like in the old days, if ARRL follows precedent and makes the new RAC
Sections multipliers.
Years ago I noticed that all the islands in James Bay (at the southern end
of Hudson Bay) are in Nunavut, even though they are close to Ontario.
Anybody wanna do a Wintry Field Day expedition for SS?
73, Art K3KU
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