[CQ-Contest] Re: DX Stations in SS

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

While everybody is thinking about how to increase SS participation, you
might think about the idea of allowing non-US/VE stations to make contacts.
What would be the harm?  
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A good idea in theory.....but let's remember the exchange is not the simple 
NAQP exchange. It is a number, precedence, call, year licensed and section.  
It is hard enough to get that info from a non-contester stateside helping you 
out.  Trying to explain the needed exchange to a foreign station whose first 
language is not English is formidable, especially when considering the 
intense strong QRM in SS.  I think it would actually slow the contest down

Part of the challenge of SS is having to S/P Sunday while trying to generate 
a run.  For phone, the are plenty of stations out there...if you know how to 
get the casual contester from stateside to give you a QSO.  It's all in the 
technique and it's what separates the top ten guys from the pack.

Sweeps ain't broken.  Some guys expect 130 plus hours the whole contest.  I 
love runs too, but part of the charm of SS is getting dirty and digging for 
QSOs on Sunday afternoon.

Bill K4XS...SSing for since 1963