CQ WW RTTY Scoring

Tue Sep 27 10:40:00 EDT 1994

After the contest, I really read thru the rules in an attempt to figure
out how to score a QSO with OK1DX/MM. The rules appear to have changed
on multipliers, check how UR reporting K/VE as mults, and they specifically
ask not to roll them together in the summary sheet. It was a bit of work to
fix up my log from WF1B's RTTY but the increase in score was nice.

Anyone working CAL QSO Party next week should not that the problem for
in-state users (CAL missing as a MULT) has been fixed in version 9.09 -
CT and TR also work nicely for this contest.  Now that NA is "fixed" we
have to decide between all three. ( actually there are more choices)

73, alan N2ALE/6

>From terwill at leotech.MV.COM (Paul Terwilliger)  Tue Sep 27 12:36:46 1994
From: terwill at leotech.MV.COM (Paul Terwilliger) (Paul Terwilliger)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 11:36:46 GMT
Subject: multi-single...new approach
Message-ID: <znr780665806k at leotech.mv.com>

Time to speak up:

> Doug KR2Q made a very interesting proposal for the CQWW M/S rules.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> So how about this: Change the 10 minute rule to apply to only the RUN
> station.  This would allow ONLY MULTS to be picked up anywhere, anytime,
> as they are available.  Since many m/s guys run some sort of spotting,
> you would have the ability to zip around anywhere.  Assuming state of
> the art rigs, a two transmitter m/s would be about as competitive as
> a 3, 4 or 5 rig m/s.  But the RUN station would have to stay put for
> 10 minutes.  This is the ONLY way to separate m/s from m/m, if the "new"
> set of rules were implemented.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
> I think this is a great idea.  As the rules stand, the major effect of
> the 10 minute rule for the mult station is to keep you sitting on 
> your hands for 7, 8, 9 minutes while the HS on 40 fades down to 
> nothing.
> 
> I don't see much danger of a "multiplier octopus".  Maybe at the very
> start of the contest, but usually you can keep pretty busy making 10
> minute sweeps of the bands anyway, so I don't see any great 
> change coming from the new rule at the start.  It might give some
> more advantage to stations with 5 rigs and 5 ops over the 2 station,
> 2 op types, but the 5 rig station already has the advantage of an op
> listening for 10-20 minutes, making a list of mults.  With packet,
> that advantage is lessened anyway.
> 
> I see this idea as making M/S more fun, by increasing your flexibility
> during the relatively slow times.  And more fun is what it should
> be all about.
> 
> 73, Ron  WA6DGX
> 
> debry at bio.fsu.edu

No way!  I hate this idea!

This rule change will allow unlimited multiplier passing between bands.
Since, when conditions are right, it's possible to do a 3, 4, or 5-band
pass, I'd need to have that many stations set up & ready on a pass
frequency, or risk not "catching" the pass.

73, Paul  NX1H   (aka K1RX & K1TR)
terwill at leotech.mv.com

>From Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org  Tue Sep 27 19:30:00 1994
From: Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:30:00 EDT
Subject: CQP
Message-ID: <2E886557 at arrl.org>

  Would someone be so kind as to send me the ftp address for the two CQP 
software packages. This info was posted recently and I tossed the info into 
bit bucket too soon.

       --Glenn KB1GW  gswanson at arrl.org