[CQ-Contest] Running vs SP (Was Self Spotting)

[Steve Root]

This raises an intersting point.  If there are a larger number of stations
operating SO2R, this would INCREASE the chance of a smaller station getting
an answer to his CQ.  The big boys aren't sitting there with a brick on the
F1 key.  They're looking for the smaller stations calling CQ.

73 Steve K0SR


----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Smith W9WI <w9wi at earthlink.net>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Running vs SP (Was Self Spotting)


> On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 07:00, Barry N1EU wrote:
> > turnover of the
> > run frequencies to encourage SP'ers to tune the bands on a more frequent
> > basis.
>
> While not wishing to wade into this debate, I wonder whether this is
> something that will come to a head over the next few years?
>
> Something fundamental has changed since the last sunspot minimum: SO2R.
> It used to be that when you (a single-operator station) decided you
> needed to go trolling for mults, you had to stop CQing.  That freed the
> frequency you'd been running on for someone else's use.
>
> If you're SO2R, you *don't* have to stop running in order to go
> mult-hunting - that frequency *doesn't* get returned to the available
> pool.
>
> It's kinda hard to observe on the lower bands, which were generally
> crowded to the hilt even before SO2R.  10 meters, however, is wide
> enough to accomodate everyone who wishes to CQ.  In the last few
> contests where propagation on 10 was good, we've observed record high
> frequencies in use - I recall people running with good rate well above
> 28200KHz on CW
>
> Might that be part of the basis for arguments for shorter contests?
> It's hard enough to stay awake when you're working people.  It must be
> far more difficult when there's no open spot to call CQ, and everyone
> CQing is a dupe.
>
> This is not a plea for action - only an observation...
> --
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View (Nashville), TN  EM66
> http://www.w9wi.com
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