[CQ-Contest] Replacement for Novice Roundup?

[Lee Buller]

Since Novices are gone....the Roundup should be gone too.  There
are plenty of contests out there that a rookie can get into.  Lets just
take one...NAQP.  It runs for only 12 hours and you can work 10 out of
the 12 hours.  Has 100 watt limit.  It is name and section...quite
friendly...like "Killer, Arizona" or "Lee, Kansas."  There are three weekends....CW...RTTY...SSB.  This is a perfect contest for newbies.

Now...if
we are going to add another contest....let me tell you right now...the
contesting community will make it a competitive thing and the "newbies"
are going to get snowed by the "professional amateur contesters." 

Here
is the only  way you can do this....you have to limit the contest so
the "professional amateur contesters" do not compete.  How?  Dunno. 
Licensed less than 5 years?  That might not work.  You have to run an
HW-101.  Nope, does not seem right.  Have to run at less than 10 wpm
and speak slower than my Uncle Ned?  HMMMMM.  No...  Can only hunt and
peck the keys on RTTY.  No use of logging programs...must be done by
hand.  HMMMMMM.....  I don't think any of those will really fly.

I am fresh out of ideas here....

Lee - K0WA

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--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Scott Currier <scott_currier at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Scott Currier <scott_currier at hotmail.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Replacement for Novice Roundup?
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 10:35 PM



Does anyone feel the need for an entry level contest to replace the long lost Novice Roundup? 

Something geared to Generals and Techs. Maybe covering 160m through 70cm. 

International in scope but designed to allow anyone with a station a chance to compete? 

The idea being to get the newbies on and into contesting? 



73 and good contesting. 

Scott Currier KT1B
Haverhill, MA





















                           
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