[CQ-Contest] 10 minute rule explained

[Kenneth E. Harker]

     Plus, a ten-minute rule, like a other manadtory off-time rule, adds 
elements of strategy that require excellent decision making to maximize score.
A station has to be constantly asking itself if a band change is worth the
ten minute price.  It makes the strategic decision making during the contest 
more important and thereby makes the category different and perhaps more 
interesting.

     If you dislike that more complex decision-making, there are other
categories you can enter.


On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:59:28PM -0400, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> Why not?
> 
> The essence of the "10 minute rule" -- be it as little as 2 minutes or as
> many as 30 -- is to ensure that an M/S or M/2 station actually be an M/S or
> M/2.
> 
> Otherwise, a self-appointed would-be quasi-lawyer-type will insist that so
> long as at any given moment, only 1 transmitter (transceiver) is actually
> transmitting, a station using two different rigs on two different bands is
> very technically a M/S--M/2 -- even though in reality it's a M/M.
> 
> And the rule was put in place because of that very abuse of the intent of
> the M/S category.  Anyone else remember The Octopus and similar
> transmit-lockout schemes?
> 
> A Boy & His Radio should remain A Boy & His Radio, even when A Boy has his
> Friends over!  And A Boy & His Friends & Their Radios Together are NOT A Boy
> & His Friends & A Radio!  (Sorry Hans for the turn of the phrase)
> 
> 73
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Zack Widup
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:58 PM
> To: CQ Contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 10 minute rule explained
> 
> Yes but why 10 minutes? Why not one or two minutes?
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> 
>   On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > But, what is the idea behind the 10 min rule for M/S, anyway?  It's
> >  still
> > > a single transmitter, just multiple operators.  What makes this any
> > > different than a S/O making band changes?
> > >
> > > Just wondering.  Seems to me like a really silly rule...that's why I
> >  need
> > > a decent explanation of why.
> >
> > Without the 10 minute rule - one can just use unlimited transmitters and
> > operate like they were a full multi-multi.  The intent of the 10 minute
> > rule (or a limited # of band changes/hour) is to "enforce" the intent of
> > the category - which is that you have two stations setup.
> >
> >
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