[CQ-Contest] Head-to-head

[i4jmy at iol.it]

The proposal is intersting but strictly involves operativity and 
strategy (in two hours there are anyway doubts) but also ability to 
suffer psycological pressure (some tactical) and neglects if one has to 
deal with poor/average/high/ stations setups and relate problems to 
stay a real winnwer in all cases.
Like that, a computer software that could be the ped/Vped evolution 
(i.e with band or mode changes) or some internet game would solve all 
the problems including those to organize a sort of virtual WRTC in any 
unfortunate (under propagation view points) areas far from Europe, USA 
and Japan.
The problem is that someone, even who has no radio and antennas, can 
develop to be the winner in such games of forced plain, or very lowered 
plain level fields, but after, when going to real contesting using real 
radios and real antennas (and in real geographical areas) could behave 
as the most perfect ingnorant (who ignores) and win nothing doing the 
most "strange" things.
Would you invite in a competitive multi op done in a real contest a guy 
who never contested on real but won "the great operator" with a PC, or 
100W and a tribander, may be from VK ?
I don't, but I'll instad chase for someone with real experiences from 
real places and "hevy" results.  
Everything is ok and acceptable like a game, but what matters with 
contesting is not only "operator" but also "radio", "antennas", "band 
knowdledge", "experience" etc. etc.
A real exciting head to head is, for example, "T" from EA8 and "K" from 
HC8. 

73,
Mauri I4JMY

 

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> From    : owner-cq-contest at contesting.com
> To      : "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker at cs.utexas.edu>,   "CQ Contest" 
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Cc      : 
> Date    : Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:57:49 -0000
> Subject : RE: [CQ-Contest] Head-to-head
> 
> 
> On a bus ride during WRTC in Slovenia, someone (I think K1AR) made the
> suggestion of having the competition in "heats" like you see in track 
and
> field or swimming.  You would get everyone together for WRTC, then 
have guys
> face off mano-y-mano for 1 or 2 hours in a single or double 
elimination
> format.  Would require less stations and provide some interesting 
pressure.
> The issues of "fairness" would be intact since both guys would be 
operating
> from similar stations, in the same area, at the same time.
> 
> Something to think about...
> 
> Randy Thompson, K5ZD
> 11 Hollis Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569 USA
> Tel 508-278-2355 E-mail k5zd at ma.ultranet.com
> Web: http://www.k5zd.com



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