[CQ-Contest] State QSO parties and CW (further rules deal)

[John Geiger]

One thing that I don't like about the rules for many
of the state QSO parties is that they lump CW and the
digital modes together, in that you can work someone
on CW or RTTY, but not both.  CW and RTTY are
different modes.  Why not lump RTTY and SSB together
as one mode instead, especially since most people
doing RTTY have the mode switch set to LSB on their
rigs.  I guess they put CW and RTTY together since
they are closer in frequency on the band.

73s John AA5JG

--- Dan Kovatch <w8car at buckeye-express.com> wrote:

> I think the extra point is a factor but CW is the
> prefered mode to snag 
> mobiles in QSO parties because of the condx. Much
> easier to work the roving 
> mobiles on Cw than on SSB plus they tend to work CW
> a bit more than SSB 
> (condx allowing). I know the times I have operated
> in OQP as a mobile SSB 
> was a bust after only a few minutes on the band
> where rates would hold up 
> for a least 20-30 minutes on CW.
> 
> But then again -there are those points!!!!
> 
> Dan W8CAR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <n5ten at yahoo.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:16 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] State QSO parties and CW
> 
> 
> > The Florida QSO party this past weekend reminded
> me of
> > something I have observed for the past few years.
> > With the exception of maybe the California QSO
> party,
> > there seems to be much more CW than SSB activity
> for
> > state QSO parties.
> >
> > I am not complaining as I like CW contests and
> just
> > tolerate SSB contests, but why is this?  It seems
> that
> > SSB would be easier to run while mobile.
> >
> > Does the extra points that CW QSOs score relative
> to
> > SSB QSOs make everyone stick with CW?
> >
> > 73s John AA5JG
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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