[CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

Or maybe alternate SSB and CW weekends every other year?

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard DiDonna NN3W [mailto:richnn3w at verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 06:48 AM
To: 'Mats Strandberg', steve.root at culligan4water.com
Cc: 'KL7RA', cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)

Easy. Switch WPX SSB with WPX CW.----- Original Message ----- From: "Mats Strandberg" To: Cc: "KL7RA" ; ; "Richard DiDonna NN3W" Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 1:25 AMSubject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)>I agree with Randy... To find another weekend for WPX that does not> interfer with other major and more or less established contests is > extremely> difficult. Just check SM3CER Contest calendar for May> http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/c2011may.htm and June> http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/c2011jun.htm>> With all respect to Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the> summer... the WPX is a World-Wide contest that also involve a lot of other> participants than Americans. The timing of WPX CW is actually quite ideal,> with both chances for DX contacts and interesting Sporadic E openings on > the> higher bands.>> I see no reason to start wrestling with other contests before and after > the> WPX weekend. Thos include among others:>> CQ-M Contest, Alessandro Volta RTTY (2 weeks before)> King of Spain CW, Baltic Contest, UNDX Contest (1 week before)> IARU Region 1 Fieldday CW Contest (1 week after)> CACW WWSA CW Contest (2 weeks after)> All Asian DX CW (3 weeks after)>> 73 de RA/SM6LRR, Mats>>>> 2011/7/21 >>> Very true. In addition, this year we had several lines of severe>> thunderstorms roll through over the course of the weekend. I would have >> had>> significant down time waiting for the lightnng to go away. Add in the >> high>> absorbtion idicies and it was another weekend to get some fishing in. To >> bad>> WPX CW isn't in early April...>>>> 73 Steve K0SR>>>> -----Original Message----->> From: Richard DiDonna NN3W [mailto:richnn3w at verizon.net]>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 08:45 PM>> To: 'KL7RA', cq-contest at contesting.com>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)>>>> Rich, I think part of the problem with WPX is not the operating rules but>> the weekend on which it is held. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial>> start of summer, and a lot of people skip town that weekend. I have >> never,>> ever been able to compete seriously in WPX because to do so would >> eventually>> involve two attorneys and a division of assets.Move it one week back or a>> couple weeks forward or switch it with WPX SSB and I guarantee you'd have>> more people getting on....73 Rich NN3W----- Original Message ----- From:>> "KL7RA" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:37 PMSubject: [CQ-Contest] >> WPX>> & activity (Was: intended consequences)> >Why is the WPX-RTTY 30 hours?>>>> The 30 hour format seems to allow more ops outside the normal "win"> zone >> to>> make the top ten if running Europe allows a better score.>> In 2011 the >> top>> ten claimed for the WPX CW shows only one station> outside of the>> MA,NH,CT,NY, PA win zone and that was N2IC who> has an excellent location >> in>> NM. If the contest was 30>> hours or Steve> was operating in the "win" zone with his skills I would>> expect his score> would have been higher.>> The top ten in the 2011 WPX >> RTTY>> with 30 hours has more outside> the zone like TN, OH, AZ, VA.>> It is >> what>> it is and I doubt there is any rule to fix the win zone > advantage> in a>> fair way but limiting op time to equalize propagation between east> and >> west>> seems to help level the field a little.>> Half that enter the WPX >> surveyed>> want to leave it as is which is good> enough for me, but to hear someone >> in>> Connecticut say, "increasing the> original WPX from 30 to 36 hours was a>> good thing", I have to ask,> "a good thing for you, sir, or those if us >> in>> the west?">> 73 Rich KL7RA (Northwest, even worse)>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________> CQ-Contest mailing list>>> CQ-Contest at contesting.com>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest_______________________________________________CQ-Contest >> mailing>> listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp>> ://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>> _______________________________________________>> CQ-Contest mailing list>> CQ-Contest at contesting.com>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>>> _______________________________________________> CQ-Contest mailing list> CQ-Contest at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest _______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest