[CQ-Contest] Meter Reading Part II

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 8/4/99 18:15, Tom Osborne at w7why at harborside.com wrote:

>If the reports are all 599, why
>not just drop the report from the exchange.  Useless information
>and just takes up time.  Just think how many more Q's we could
>make without having to send 599 both ways every time. 

True enough. So, we can either drop the useless signal reports, or 
replace them with something meaningful. 

But, what's the point? All you'll have succeeded in doing is changing one 
contest into another. There are contests which exchange meaningful 
information (SS, NAQP, hmm - no DX contests?). 

Unless the contest rules are seriously impeding participation (such as 
the WPX zero-point rule), or limiting in terms of modern practice (the 
old SS multi-op rule for packet), why change them?





Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
Quote: "Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!"
            -- Archibald Asparagus, VeggieTales


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