[CQ-Contest] Have NCCC and PVRC ruined SS?

Pete Smith N4ZR n4zr at contesting.com
Fri Feb 1 15:37:53 EST 2013


This is a little reminiscent of insistence a few years ago that not a 
single QSO of any CQWW log would ever be released, ever.  Minds change, 
people retire, etc.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/1/2013 3:14 PM, Steve London wrote:
> Because it's simply not going to happen. If you want an SS-like 
> contest where you can work stations on every band, then the NAQP is 
> for you.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 02/01/2013 01:11 PM, Alan M. Eshleman wrote:
>> Why are they off the table?
>>
>> 73, Alan/K6SRZ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve London"<n2icarrl at gmail.com>
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:52:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Have NCCC and PVRC ruined SS?
>>
>> To me, it's not the points contributed, it's the number of active
>> stations that matter. I'll define "active" as those stations who put in
>> 10 or more hours.
>>
>> As the author of the upcoming Phone SS writeup, I can say that it was
>> very disappointing to see the drop in activity in 2012. The decreased
>> emphasis by some clubs was a significant component of this drop.
>>
>> What can we do to increase activity ? Making drastic changes, such as
>> allowing the same station to be worked on each band, are off-the-table.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>> On 01/31/2013 01:38 PM, Bill Haddon wrote:
>>> Let's look at some actual numbers to assess the extent to which 
>>> NCCC's not
>>> highlighting Sweepstakes influenced the Sweepstakes, over-all:
>>>
>>> For 2011 (one of the years cited by the K3KU message):
>>>
>>> Total points in Sweepstakes  CW:  ~85,000,000
>>>           Points from PVRC:                   10,113,000
>>>           Points from NCCC:                     7,970,000
>>>
>>> Suppose NCCC had emphasized SS and that NCCC tied PVRC:
>>>       Increase in Sweepstakes scores under this scenario: ~2.6% of 
>>> total
>>> SS CW points.
>>>
>>> It does appear that NCCC contributed a bit less in 2012 (can't tell 
>>> easily
>>> since the CW and Phone scores are not individually summed in the NCCC
>>> database), but I'd guess NCCC generated about 6,000,000 CW points 
>>> (but many
>>> members' scores went to MLDXCC).  So there might be about a 5% 
>>> impact on
>>> overall Sweepstakes activity from our failure to stress the 
>>> Sweepstakes in
>>> 2012.  A relatively small effect.
>>>
>>> 73 Bill n6zfo
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