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

Fri Apr 5 03:56:52 EDT 2013

I totally agree with Fabio
.

please come back to 10 minutes rule !

Alex IV3KKW

One of IO5O

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Da: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] Per conto di I4UFH
Inviato: giovedì 4 aprile 2013 20.17
A: Mats Strandberg
Cc: oe1ems at emssolutions.at; CQ-Contest Reflector
Oggetto: Re: [CQ-Contest] I loved the WPX - missing 10 min MS rule

Fully support the 10m min rules back !

MS is becamed boring, a waiting list for running is the only one thrill,
this is one
of the main motivation to move in other category, having 4 ops that want to
get fun
MS is not the really attractive one, M2 or even MM as our last one choice,
are the best ones 
.

Back to 10 min !!

73 de Fabio I4UFH ( D4C )

Il giorno 04/apr/2013, alle ore 13:14, Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr at gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> 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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