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

[Tom Haavisto]

Maybe there is another way to look at it.


M/S with 6 radios is not really M/S, it a small multi-multi, and this class
is better covered with M/2.  If you have enough folks to really run two
radios, why not enter as M/2 and get lots of running time?  Think of it as a
scaled down M/M class operation.

For a SO2R class station who wants to have a few friends over, I see the M/S
class covering this, without having to go up against a 6 radio M/S class
station.

Maybe its just me, but this is how I see the new rules playing out, and it
should attract more folks to the M/S class, not less.  That way, if you have
an SO2R station, have someone over to help, and you can run the whole 48
hours :-)

Tom - VE3CX


On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Mikael Larsmark <mike at sm3wmv.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>