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

[rwmcgwier at comcast.net]

How do you enforce such a distinction?  What is to stop me from running
for 1/2 hour, S&P for 1/2 hour and still getting 2 pts per Q?  I have heard
some lulu's here but this one just about takes the cake for being in the
"let's make everybody happy by giving them a category they can shine in"
category.  On the enforcement, with almost open and shut cases of self-spotting,
we can't get that rule enforced.  This will be almost as  hard to enforce as stopping guys from submitting QRP scores while running 100w.



Bob
N4HY
> I'm not penalizing broadcast stations that sit on
> one frequency making 100 Q's per hour; their 
> year-to-year scoring would not be changed.
> 
> I'm suggesting that non-CQing stations should receive
> 2x points for those contacts, because S&P rates are
> one half of the run rates.
> 
> That would bring parity in scores for those that can
> run with those that can't, but still work just as hard.
> 
> Barry
> ........ As a "broadcast station who makes 100 QSOs" and hour I find your ideas not 
> totally accurate.
> 
> My score would be changed
> 
> A good operator who is having a 200 plus hour is working just as hard as one 
> who is S/Ping, but in a different way.  Not every station who calls in is 20 
> over and in the clear.  We too are hearing lots of QRM/QRN and QSB.  However, 
> we battling all those while trying to pull S2 signals out of the crud to 

> continue the run. We are the ones who work just as hard to as the guys who are 
> working QRP.  We have to copy the ESP signals that we receive.
>