[CQ-Contest] The Value of Spotting Networks

[Axel Schernikau]

Bet we have to look at contesting much wider ... and normally most do.
MOST people take part in contests NOT to win, because they don't have 
the necessary setup and / or skills and / or enough time. They (like me) 
take part to have a LOT of FUN.

As actual being more a DXer than a contester it's for me just the fun to 
work different DXCC, especially the hard ones like Pacific from here. 
That shows in the results ofcourse.

With a 500 W PA and a vertical GAP Titan (and a lot time spend for QRL 
duties) I managed to make 658 QSOs with 462 multipliers. Ofcourse 593k 
is nothing worth if I'd think about winning, even in my category in my 
country ...

But the FUN let me use cluster network and try to work more mults like 
100+ DXCC on 40m.

And I must admit since I started using N1MM-logger in WW DX CW 2004 I 
got much more fun in contesting and improved my results in most contests 
I take part in (5-6 a year).

73 & gl, good DX ... and contesting :-)

Axel Schernikau, DL6KVA
dl6kva at qsl.net

Paul J. Piercey schrieb:
> I concede that a single op watching the cluster is, in all likelihood, not
> going to win a contest. God knows I have never won a contest doing that :)
>
> I contend that ops use the cluster for the "perceived" advantage that the
> individual op hopes to gain. Maybe it's getting the sweep in SS.... maybe
> it's getting new countries on various bands in CQWW. Whatever it is, it is
> entirely their decision based on what they want to get out of it. When
> you're watching a monitor screen instead of working stations, you're not
> winning.
>
>
> 73 -- Paul VO1HE  
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
>> Felipe J. Hernández
>> Sent: November 28, 2006 04:37
>> To: Ev Tupis
>> Cc: CQ CONTEST
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Value of Spotting Networks 
>> [was: Live Audio from K5ZD !!!!]
>>
>> Here's another "diamond" for you.... the packet networks only 
>> report around 60% of the actual "rare" DX stations available 
>> in an active band.
>>
>> Felipe
>>
>>
>>
>> Ev Tupis wrote:
>>     
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Reality is that I was SO HP assisted and made 40 mults more 
>>>       
>> but 900 less qsos that running SOHP no packet and also  1 
>> million points better that with packet.
>>     
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> This is a "diamond" that the most experienced HF contesters 
>>>       
>> on the list have repeated time-and-again.
>>     
>>> I have a feeling that it simply takes lower-scoring 
>>>       
>> stations longer to realize this truth and abandon spotting networks.
>>     
>>> Even so, one wonders how long it will take for someone to 
>>>       
>> establish a strategy where they can take advantage of those 
>> extra 40 mults while not giving up those 900 other QSO's 
>> along the way (or is this the potential of SO2R/Assisted? <smile>).
>>     
>>> Ev, W2EV
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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