[CQ-Contest] Improving the Fabulous CQ 160 Contest

[Julius Fazekas]

Felipe,

I think there would be difficulties with a consolidated QSO party for say the 4th call area (and some other US regions as well).

First, most of the QSO parties you have mentioned have very strong in-state support. The Tennessee QSO Party has been dramatically growing. Too, there has been great inter-club support for the neighboring state events as well.

Second, (well this might be first) are the mobiles, which are a major draw to any state or region QSO party, often run multiple QSO parties. In 4 land, I suspect you would lose some coverage if one was to combine the region.

Third, administration of the event might be more difficult. As anyone involved with running an event will tell you, if you don't have folks working hard behind the scene, the event will fizzle. Sometimes that will happen even if people work hard to put on a contest. I think 7QP was a risky venture to start, but has turned out well.

By the by, SP does not have any multipliers (unless you mean the power level multiplier). It's strictly distance. It's also one that is difficult to really know where you stand until the adjudication is complete, as one picks up points depending on the number of QRP and LP worked, assuming those folks send in logs. It's complicated and bless those folks who do the work on it.

I can't say I disagree with some consolidation of HF events. Not sure HOW it could be done... I think more sunspots would help the congestion ;o)

No flame intended :o)

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/

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--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Felipe J Hernandez <fhdez at islandnetjm.com> wrote:

> From: Felipe J Hernandez <fhdez at islandnetjm.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Improving the Fabulous CQ 160 Contest
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 5:40 PM
> What is it that you guys like most about the SP?
> Is it the distance scoring or the many grids?... Those two 
> are a match in heaven 
> thats why everyone like the SP so much.. nothing like
> plenty of multipliers on a short band with limited audience.
> also some funky marketing from the sponsors and some
> history behind the man make it more interesting, even Epic..
> 
> Leave those two contests alone, they work well and they
> have their audience.
> 
> 
> NOw, God knows that we need to consolidate some  hf
> contests and create some new entities
> maybe with grids, maybe with distance scoring on some
> bands, IOTA or Field day kind of Fun and innovation and
> keeping some
> regional proudness..
> 
> Instead of Florida Qso party, Ga qso party, tn qso party
> ,al qso party etc.. do a 4th call area qso party..( i think
> this existed once?)
> organized by all, nice interstate competition as well.. and
> do the same in all call areas..
> Maybe in Europe, Africa, S. America ect and make them count
> to wrtc points as well..
> 
> The contest operators  are getting diluted by hundreds of
> activities, that never seem to get full efforts from 
> their participants and never generate enought participation
> from their own crowds.
> 
> Felipe.. please flame on..
> NP4Z
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: K1TTT 
>   To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
>   Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:01 PM
>   Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Improving the Fabulous CQ 160
> Contest
> 
> 
>   The cq 160m contest is not the stew perry contest... keep
> them separate and
>   unique.
> 
> 
>   David Robbins K1TTT
>   e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
>   web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>   AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>    
> 
>   > -----Original Message-----
>   > From: Victor A. Kean, Jr. [mailto:vkean at k1lt.com]
>   > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 02:52
>   > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>   > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Improving the Fabulous CQ 160
> Contest
>   > 
>   > For the 2010 edition of CQ 160 contest, I propose
> the following
>   > changes as followons to the 2009 changes:
>   > 
>   > 1.  Make the exchange 59(9) grid where
> "grid" is 4 character
>   > Maidenhead grid square, a-la the Stew Perry test.
>   > 
>   > 2.  Make the QSO point scoring proportional to
> distance.  You could
>   > take the Stew Perry scheme and scale it so that the
> longest possible
>   > QSO is 10 (or maybe 12) points.
>   > 
>   > 3.  Keep multipliers to encourage DXpeditions and
> pile-ups.
>   > 
>   > Let the flaming begin.
>   > 
>   > Victor, K1LT
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