[CQ-Contest] Endless CQing

[Russell Hill]

Interesting idea.

IMveryHO:

1.  Less QRM between Big Guns.
2.  Just as much or more total QRM, but now between half as many Big Guns
and twice as many or more "Hunting Rifles".
3.  Less advantage to Big Guns who put in the money, time, and energy to
become Big Guns.  But maybe there is just not enough Bandwidth to accomodate
a fairly large number of Big Guns.
4.   For Small Pistol S+Pers, more CQing Big Guns and Hunting Rifles to S+P.
5.   For the Big Guns, a specified time they are not losing Qs, in relation
to other Big Guns, while they S+P (muscle) their way through the CQing
stations.  Rate would drop some, but I would guess the Top Ops would be able
to S+P and keep the rate fairly high.

Although I am just setting up to get back in contesting and will never be a
Big Gun, I am against "legislating away" the advantage enjoyed by the Big
Guns and Top Ops.  They have earned it.

Nonetheless, any proposal which would have the effect of reducing QRM while
allowing the Big Guns to continue to be Big Guns seems to be worth
discussion.

73, Rusty, NA5TR


---- Original Message -----
From: "Dana Michael" <DMichael at dauphingraphic.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Endless CQing


> I get tired of the CQing also, and had this thought:
>
> Maybe a contest could be run or a rule added where every other hour you
> would not be allowed to call CQ. What if you had a rule that stated that
you
> are only allowed to CQ during the even hour if you call has an even number
> for the first number and during the odd numbered hour if you calls first
> number is odd. My call has a 3 in it and I would only be able to CQ during
> the hours starting with 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and some one with a 4 in their
> call would CQ during the hours starting with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. When the
> hour changes you would be allowed to steal some ones CQ frequency if they
> were of the wrong number and still CQing. This sure would change the way a
> band sounds every hour and even the big guns would have to do some search
> and pounce. It would not be to hard to enforce because everyone can tell
> what time it is and what your call number is (you need these for your
log).
>
> 73, MIKE W3TS
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