[CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?

[Paul J. Piercey]

Unfortunately, the focus seems to be on score and I feel that doing anything
that requires the operator to think beyond a simple, short exchange will be
met with a huge opposition. I think it would make us better operators to
have to copy serials or random numbers which have been generated by the log
rather than "ENN E" or some such simple string but that is obviously not the
current point of contesting.

73 -- Paul VO1HE  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul O'Kane
> Sent: February 22, 2008 00:23
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <w5ov at w5ov.com>
> 
> > I think it might be more accurate to say that CT followed 
> the de facto 
> > standard of logging 599 as the sent RST instead of causing it.
> 
> The difference is that users were locked in to sending 599 in 
> every QSO.  Even if they wanted to send something else, it 
> wouldn't let them.
> 
> What's not clear is whether you are defending the exchange of 
> 599 in every contest QSO. 
> 
> I have suggested replacing RST with Serials.  Do you agree?
> If not, what would you suggest?
> 
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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