[CQ-Contest] Split operation in CQ WW CW,

[Joe]

On 8/28/2012 4:14 AM, dez.zc4dw e-mail wrote:

"

If split in contest CQWW is not allowed, then please be clear and add it to
the
rules but that goes against the serious contesters aim which is generally to
improve rate for both DX & callers. If such a rule was introduced then I
will
have to consider taking up another hobby.

"

Even if this is to become a NEW Rule, I see it easily becoming the 
easiest most broken rule there is.

The victim of the click crowd pileup. or even a old fashioned pile-up, 
just tunes off freq to find someone they CAN copy. He does not say he is 
listening up or down, he just does..

The best op's I have worked already do this. And by just "Listening" 
yeah I know,,  an old skill that few use now days, if you listen you can 
learn where the station is "Actually" listening. You can sometime even 
learn if he is randomly tuning, or is working their way up or down in 
freq as he is working the pile. And then you can place your signal where 
you think he might be listening  on the next go around.

Joe WB9SBD
> One of the prime aims of the serious contester is to work as many stations
> within the duration of the contest.
>
> Working split in contests SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED THE NORM, however there
> are occasions where working split is both beneficial to the DX and the
> callers
> which some have previously alluded to.
>
> That said, judicious selection of when and what circumstances to work split
> is
> paramount.
>
> There is lots of space on 10m for example, even at sunspot max. I recall
> having
> to work split on 10m during CQWW CW 2001 from ZC4 for perhaps 1 ~ 2 hrs out
> of
> the 48. Similarly working split on 80m CW from double-mult ZD8 running low
> power
> up high in the CW sub-band.
>
>
> If split in contest CQWW is not allowed, then please be clear and add it to
> the
> rules but that goes against the serious contesters aim which is generally to
> improve rate for both DX & callers. If such a rule was introduced then I
> will
> have to consider taking up another hobby.
>
> 73
>
> Dez Watson
> G0DEZ / G3WW / M6W / ZC4DW / ZD8DEZ
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