[CQ-Contest] Two Radio Sprint QSOs

[Clive Whelan]

N6TR wrote


<<About the only way I can think of to change back to something more close
to the "old way it was done" would be to distinguish S&P and CQ QSOs, and
require them to be in balance at the end of the contest.  Not sure we are
ready for that just yet.>>

When I first tried a sprint event, I thought perhaps that- as a small
pistol-, that I might get an edge. However, I was soon to learn that was not
the case, since there are as many smart big pistols as small ones!

I don't know how S&P and CQ Qs could ever be got into balance, but how about
letting "the market decide". i.o.w. Make S&P Qs more valuable than CQ Qs,
perhaps in a ratio of 2:1. Of course one couldn't make the ratio too large,
otherwise nobody would call CQ, and zero QSOs would result! How could the
two sorts of QSOs be distinguished?: a tricky one indeed, but I guess it
would have to determined by the software. Some software that I am familiar
with has a mode switch, but others do not, so perhaps there is an opening
for the software vendors to make a name for themselves here ;-.

Sure it would be complicated, and mebbe we just ain't ready for it yet, but
hey, if you don't push the boats out, you'll never cross the ocean.


73



Clive
GW3NJW