[CQ-Contest] Categories, Participation and Competition

[Mark n2qt]

There are examples of an officially sanctioned contest within a contest. The 
BARTG
rtty contest has a 6 hour variant running along with the 'normal' test. 
It's good for
those with limited time, and it makes for a very different contest when you 
'only'
have 6 hours to make your mark.

Mark n2qt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milt, N5IA" <n5ia at zia-connection.com>
To: "Stan Stockton" <k5go at cox.net>; <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Cc: "Randy Thompson" <k5zd at charter.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Categories, Participation and Competition


> Stan and Randy,
>
> I have never mentioned it before, but perhaps there are many others who 
> have
> the same obligations I do;  that is Sunday daytime family and church 
> things
> to attend.  Let me add my little twist.
>
> I am one who is competitive.  Consequently, because I can't be competitive
> with the time taken out for Sunday obligations, I don't normally 
> participate
> in those contests requiring a full bore operation.
>
> That may be a poor attitude, but I am who I am.  I just don't enjoy 
> getting
> on for a few hours for the sake of operating.  Many people do enjoy that,
> but I don't.
>
> Anyway, the idea of separate listings/competition for lesser time periods 
> in
> the 48 hour contest may be appealing to a lot more operators than those 
> that
> are physically unable to do the full bore 48 hours.
>
> As interest and participation in radiosport increases, it certainly would 
> be
> good to accommodate more participants in broad categories.  The time 
> limited
> categories would be high on my list to investigate for integration.
>
> Milt, N5IA
>
>> Stan, K5GO wrote:
>> I can see a lot of people getting excited about competing in a contest if
>> they had a way of doing it without having to commit to the
>> entire 48 hour period.
>
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