[CQ-Contest] OK OK OK heres an answer SS changes

[Chris Hurlbut]

I would love a 12 hour category!  So far I can only manage about 8 hours
before I get distracted or bored.  It's not because I'm too old, but
probably because I'm too young. :)  The long exchange is GREAT, I love it.

SS right after WW SSB is not the greatest either.

-Chris KL9A

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. King" <k5na at texas.net>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] OK OK OK heres an answer SS changes


>
> At 20:44 11/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Hey, Danny, this is a great idea.  It might be useful to expand on it
> >a bit, but the
> >core idea is great.
> >
> >The 12 hour categories: ........<stuff deleted>
>
> If you are going to make these changes, then I want a 30 hour category.
> Actually, going back to two weekends would be especially nice.
>
> Why is it that as the average age of contesters gets older, some seem to
> want shorter contests, easier contests, and to make all the contest
exactly
> the same?
>
> 73, Richard
>
> k5na at texas.net
>
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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com  Wed Nov  7 05:10:28 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:10:28 -0800
Subject: [CQ-Contest] OK OK OK heres an answer SS changes
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In answer, what's going on is this:

"the average age of contesters gets older" (your words)

As we become more experienced en-masse, and we
get shorter callsigns and build nicer stations, our ability
to generate higher rates at the beginning of the contest
improves.  At the same time, "the average age of
contesters gets older" (your words) primarily because
younger contesters aren't entering the contesting ranks
fast enough to offset the aging of the average
contesters.  Thus, there's a shortage of inexperienced
contesters to contact in the final hours of the conflict.
The result is that the beginning of the contest is a
surge of high rates with everyone feeling great about
their results.  But at the end of the contest, with fatigue
setting in we are generally unprepared for the dearth
of stations available to be contacted.  Then "the
average age of contesters gets older" (your words),
and fatigue sets in with more and more certainty.

Truthfully we're never going to solve this problem with
rules changes.  We all talk about possible rules changes,
but the solution isn't to be found with rules changes.
The problem is that "the average age of contesters gets
older" (your words), and you can't enforce rules against
getting older (except, perhaps, we can hopefully enforce
a rule against Osama bin Laden getting much older, but
that's another thread).

Maybe we just need to work on improving the
averages.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. King" <k5na at texas.net>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] OK OK OK heres an answer SS changes


>
> At 20:44 11/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Hey, Danny, this is a great idea.  It might be useful to expand on
it
> >a bit, but the
> >core idea is great.
> >
> >The 12 hour categories: ........<stuff deleted>
>
> If you are going to make these changes, then I want a 30 hour
category.
> Actually, going back to two weekends would be especially nice.
>
> Why is it that as the average age of contesters gets older, some
seem to
> want shorter contests, easier contests, and to make all the contest
exactly
> the same?
>
> 73, Richard
>
> k5na at texas.net
>
>
> --
> CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
> Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST at contesting.com
>


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>From K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com  Wed Nov  7 04:58:32 2001
From: K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com (K0HB H. Brakob)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 04:58:32 -0000
Subject: [CQ-Contest] The sport of contesting?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ken thomas" <midwestrf at hotmail.com>


>
> More and more I see contesting written up as a sport. If so, are
contesters
> athletes?
>

A few years ago Sports Illustrated (yes, the guys who do the swimsuit
issue) had a great article about radiosport contesting.

73, de Hans, K0HB


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