[CQ-Contest] Preliminary 2010 CQ WPX SSB/CW Contest Rules

[Mikael Larsmark]

Hello

I think these new rules really, really destroy the M/S and M/2 category 
in WPX. Now you remove the fun of having a bunch of ops running the 
contest together. These new rules remove the point of having mult radios 
which means less operating time for the ops and less fun. A lot of the 
fun in WPX is the big number of mults that can be worked on the mult radios.

I don't really see the point in this? Why try to encourage people to 
build smaller stations? It is not hard anymore to build a M/S station 
with multiple radios, even if the 2nd radio is limited with maybe just 
wire antennas it is still adding a lot of fun to the contest.

The M/2 category doesn't replace the old M/S category either, since you 
still can't have "mult" only dedicated radios. Why not just leave the 
categories as they are and instead add a M/S limited category in that 
case with the above rules?

If this is added to avoid rubber clocking and parallel CQs which does 
occur it's the wrong way to go. I guess you need to remove SO2R 
possibility as single op soon to, since that can also be 
abused...*shakes my head*

I was looking forward to do M/S in WPX but not anymore...

Mike, SM2WMV (SJ2W)
http://www.sj2w.se