[CQ-Contest] I loved the WPX - missing 10 min MS rule

Thu Apr 4 07:14:11 EDT 2013

Fully support Braco on his statement of 10 min rule.  Maybe we are a
minority who has this opinion - then we just need to acccept, but my
feeling is that many M/S stations feel 10 minute rules is making more fun
for the whole team.

We also adjusted our set-up with consideration to new rule with Interlocked
station 1 & 2 on same band, so result to make it Single station M/S still
far from reality.

I also hope we can change to old 10 minute rule for more dynamic team play
efforts.

73 de RM2D, Mats

2013/4/4 Braco OE1EMS <oe1ems at emssolutions.at>

> Well .....this year was not so nice for us!
> Extremely bad WX with rain rain rain and in rain brakes we had snow!
> Condx were not good and there was much QRN!
> We were QRM-ed for long time  by someone using KJ3X callsign! Thanks to
> Bill
> K4XS(real KJ3X)  for info!
> We found water in our 15m koax and connector and our switching system was
> damaged .....so not much fun!
>
> But after being 3 years in row SOABHP in SSB part, we enter this year MS
> ..... I have to say we were missing old 10 min MS rule for WPX!
> Have 10 band changes pro hour is not fun at all, there is nothing to do
> expect CQ and clicking  on the  spots with 2nd radio
> on same band if you have one! Yes of course you can stop CQ on run and made
> few QSOs on other band
> but need to be interlocked  etc.....and all for 5 QSO pro hour if you not
> made band change with run radio!!!
> However I remember on K5ZD words....with 10 band changes they wanted to
> made
> real Single TX category......
> But what we have today?
> Station doing CQ and S&P with 1 or 2 more station on same band, interlocked
> station on other bands etc etc
> Not complaining about it, we using it as well...if you want to stay
> competitive you need it!
> But this is far away from Single TX category.....how ever I found WPX MS
> this year very boring for people not sitting on RUN!
> MS in CQ WW DX with 10min  is much more interesting!!!
> Maybe we are not alone and maybe new contest director can think about
> bringing back good old 10 min rule!
>
> 73s
> Braco
> E77DX
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] Im Auftrag von
> Randy Thompson K5ZD
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 02. April 2013 13:11
> An: 'Charles Harpole'; 'CQ-Contest Reflector'
> Betreff: Re: [CQ-Contest] I loved the WPX
>
> I really enjoyed WPX SSB this year as well.  Just seemed more fun than
> usual.  Conditions were good, although not great.  But, good enough that
> stations were able to spread out across all bands. Activity was good, but
> without so much crowding that it was impossible to find a frequency.  It
> was
> just enjoyable.
>
> And I could tell everyone else was having fun too.  There is something
> about
> prefixes for multipliers that avoids the big cluster pileups or rare DX
> pileups. And the ability to work everyone for points helps fill the log and
> accelerate the score.
>
> My brain is addicted to contesting.  Maybe it will help me be smarter some
> day.  :)
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
> > Of Charles Harpole
> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 1:47 PM
> > To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] I loved the WPX
> >
> > This is long, sorry.  At 69 with beginning shakey fingers and less
> > stanima, I nevertheless entered the WPX ssb with determination.  I
> > came out breaking
> > 2 million points and with a very satisfying experience.  WPX trained
> > my brain... again!
> >
> > The HS0 prefix makes me desirable, of course, and I am above just-loud
> > with even marginal openings, but something geophysical makes me heard
> > much better than I can hear.  Other local hams confirm this gator
> > situation.
> > These factors give me a pile up with nearly every call.  So, my brain
> > gets the duty of sorting the voices.
> >
> > By the end of the contest, I had re-learned to discriminate the voices
> > on the same frequency and was surprised that I actually did not hear
> > the QRN and QRM that was there and so vexing at the start of the
> > contest.  By the end of the test, I could copy much better, my short
> > term memory had improved and allowed me to hold calls and numbers
> > whole even prior to typing them into the log, and I had succeeded in
> > holding my impatience with frustrating operators.  Also, I had
> > modulated my sleep and wake pattern to end feeling refreshed and sorry
> > WPX was over so soon.  (I am
> > retired.)
> >
> > My point is that this contesting had significantly sharpened my
> > concentration skills and mental focus, had slapped my memory around to
> > better function, had made me manipulate my gear well and multi-task it
> > while planning which band and which direction to point as condx
> > changed, and had just sharpened me up overall!
> > I am thinking at how much today's children and youth need this
> > sharpening, too.  Research on mental processing and learning indicates
> > that what one does in a contest is very good for mental development
> > and problem solving in an organized way, teaches not to give up on a
> > self- determined goal, and gives satisfaction at a task well done...
> > and hope that the learning will stick with one.
> >
> > Obviously, I really loved this WPX.  73,
> > --
> > Charly, HS0ZCW
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