[CQ-Contest] SS observations

[Randy Thompson, K5ZD]

The CQ and ARRL 160M contests get pretty slow the second night, but I never
hear all this complaining about them!  So does any DX contest if you do
single band.

Even if SS was instantly made shorter, next year we would probably have a
100 messages on how the exchange is too long.

My vote: The SS rules aren't broken.  Biggest problem for SS CW is its place
on the calendar one week after WW Phone.

K5ZD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cq-contest at contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-cq-contest at contesting.com]On Behalf Of
> bob.wruble at verizon.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 03:45 AM
> To: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS observations ( kinda long)
>
>
>
> no (major?)  test that i can think of gets as slow as ss cw!  at
> almost any
> time during the 24 hours!  even so2r can't make up for the lack of
> participation......
>
> i know a number of contesters that have lost interest in it and
> i'm about to
> join them........i don't see the arrl changing it much so
> it will die of its own weight if all of the inputs they have rcvd for
> several years are true or have any merit......
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS observations ( kinda long)
>
>
> >
> > Having been very active in NAQP for the last 15 years, and active in SS
> for
> > about 25, I feel I have a little experience in both.
> >
> > Yes, Sunday afternoons can be kinda long in SS, especially in the CWSS,
> but I
> > can't think of a single contest I play in where the last part of it
> doesn't
> > get slow.  Think about it.  Do you have the runs on Sunday afternoon in
> CQWW,
> > or do you wind up doing S/Ping on 10 and 15 working PY/LU stations with
> some
> > JA thrown in?
> >
> > Hey, it's part of the contest and it separates the guys who
> really want it
> > with the ones who don't.
> >
> > One other thing, I bet back in the late 80's the guys out on the west
> coast
> > would never have wanted the contest to end before Sunday evening....too
> many
> > novices to work on ten meters.  It sure is different  in 2001.
> Leave the
> SS
> > alone.  It ain't broke.
> >
> > Bill Kollenbaum  K4XS
> >
> >
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