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

[Braco OE1EMS]

Hello,

I agree 100% with Stefano.
There is a lots of work in WPX contest with mult station
even at the end of the contest. Also it needs a lot of strategy
not only running and running and running.

I dont see any kind of benifit to remove 10 min rule
and M/S will be not anymore intersing as it was
just running running running only with one station.
I cann see from the WPX contest blog that
34% of poeple vote to change to band changes per hour
56% are not for it and 38% are to left the M/S like it was.
Why dont you like like it was?!
I dont know who was voting for this but after a saw this
e-mail on reflektor i talk to quite a few operators of leading
EU M/S stations and all of them are unhappy with "new" rule.

Randy if you want to made "true single transmitter category"
why dont you made a new category and leave M/S
(or call it differt) like it was!

73 es best dx
de OE1EMS/E77DX
Braco


Stefano wrote:


> Normally we cannot choose the rules for a contest but in this case, my
> feedback to Randy is to don't change WPX m/s rules.
> I think the use of the multiplier station is really cool and almost all 
> the
> stations are now equipped for support that rule or they can easy do that
> (have u seen the wrtc2010 rules ? )
>
> I really agree with KQ2M!
>
> If you think a SO2R setup can be almost perfect also for a M/S with
> multiplier station required for work new mults on another band than the
> runner.
>
> During wpx 2007 ssb and 2008 ssb, Matteo IK2SGC and me, we had the
> possibility to run from 5D5A ( www.cn3a.tk ) in Morocco, we did our best 
> and
> we really enjoy two men two radios setup, we really push hard for have an
> operator always running and another searching for any mults, without take
> care about change band but only the 10minutes rule, I think WPX is one of
> our favorite contest for that reason.
>
> We did in the first hour almost 40 qso's with the mults station, so we had
> great fun.
> At the end of the contest we had more than 6500 qso with several hundred
> qso's made with the mults station because they was new mults, also a 
> simple
> DJ6 can be a nice mult at the begin of the contest, so easy and fun qso's.
> Is not fun to be called by a dx station on low band ? Several time when we
> answer guys are surprise to see 5D5A come back...at their Cq contest...
>
> So after the change of this rule,  I think we will have to change
> strategy....
>
> Note... : This year also ARI DX contest ( managed by IT9BLB ) have
> introduced for m/s the possibility to make qso with a mults on another 
> band
> (as cqww) an in Italy we don't have a lot of big contest station, but 
> every
> one running m/s have made change in their setup to be ready for the new
> contest ari rule, and at the end of the contest... the feed back was very
> positive.
>
> This is only my guess, I will accept easily rules change, but I hope 
> always
> the rules can challenge us for improve our skilling and our techincal
> knowledge, and not
> only to make things easy. Contesting is a 'serious' and nice passion for 
> us!
>
>
> Stefano IK2QEI
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