[CQ-Contest] NA sprint SSB - Lets get on the air gang

[Timothy Coker]

I am new to this contest and so I will not speculate on killing it off. I
got on to hand out some Q's last night and did notice that a number of
non-contestors were obliterated across the bands. However, I did notice a
fairly small window was maintained by Sprinters. The fast paced, roving QSO
style was pretty cool. I think it comes down to etiquette and obviously some
of the guys couldn't hear the non-contestor when calling their CQ's.

73,

Tim / N6WIN.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:17 AM, George Fremin III <geoiii at kkn.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 08:15:52AM -0700, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote:
>
> > setting your paddles aside for 4 hours, and getting on the air for
> > NCJ NA SSB sprint this weekend.  This contest is showing an
> > unfortunate trend of rapid decline in participation, and there is a
> > genuine concern from many in the community that this contest will
> > not be able to continue if the pattern stays consistent.  I am
> > confident that you my friends and colleagues in the contest
> > community do not want that to happen, and all it will take is 4
> > hours of your time to re-energize it.
>
> As a somewhat active Phone contest operator, I have felt the SSB
> sprint should have been killed off long ago.  Of all the contests on
> the calendar I do not think there is another one that is more
> disruptive to activity on the bands.  I do not think it makes
> contesters look very good.
>
> I used to do this contest and I have put together many winning phone
> sprint teams.  But during a phone sprint many years ago with 30
> minutes to go in the contest, while on a top 5 score pace, I noticed
> how our activity was affecting the normal users of 80 meters and I
> stopped operating the contest.  I think I have made a hand full of
> contacts since.
>
> In my opinion the phone sprint does nothing to improve our image.
>
> --
> George Fremin III - K5TR
> geoiii at kkn.net
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
>
>
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