[CQ-Contest] Rules off the table ?

[Joe]

How about a Rookie Class?
Where you can only operate two SS's (sounds like a snake) as  Rookie, 
and if someone else works the rookie they are worth double points.
Helps the rookies only compete against other rookies, plus make the 
rookies worth looking for?

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On 2/6/2013 8:23 AM, Dale Putnam wrote:
> Bill nails it here! Different goals, make it work for different folks.The "winning" is in the goal set.. not just getting your call published in the #1 slot. And just because you set that goal every time.. and don't get there, doesn'tmean that every contest should change the rules so you think you have a better chance.  I made the top 25 in ARRL 10 one year, with a low quad, and a tiny squirt gun station.While I was running the JAs, I heard the comments from the folks that couldn't. Not every field has to be level to have fun playing in that field. However not every player has to get dirty to play either. Some prefer to play on the edges, and some prefer tohave different goals. And all can and should play nice, each having fun.
> Have a great day,
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>   > From: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
>> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:27:18 -0500
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules off the table ?
>>
>> It can be a challenge, just like winning the ARRLDX or CQWW is from
>> anywhere other than 1, 2 or 3 land is.  However, guys in W6 land make do  and have
>> different goals other than 1st place.
>>   
>> It can be a challenge for stations other than in the south to win ARRL 10
>> meters.  However, guys in W7 enter and set different goals than 1st  place.
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>> The 370 or so guys I worked in SS phone from W1, W2 and W3 show that
>> despite the disadvantage, they had no problem firing up the rig and having  fun.
>>   
>> I won SS this year as a U station and have gotten close several times as a
>> B station.  I intend to keep participating with nr 1 as a goal in the
>> contest.  It makes the win more special when a contest is skewed.
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>> Admittedly it takes a great station and an experienced op to do  it.  But
>> then again, it takes a great station and experienced op to win  almost any of
>> the major contests anymore.
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>> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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>> In a message dated 2/6/2013 11:39:01 A.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
>> richnn3w at verizon.net writes:
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>> On  2/4/2013 2:47 PM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
>>> I won this year in SOAB U  phone.
>>>
>> K1TO won B in 1998; KM9P in 1992; and W2GD in  1978.
>>
>>> CW: W2TZ, WA3DSZ, W2GD (ALL A OR B) 70-89
>>> SSB W4AAA,  K1BX, N4PN, K4VUD,N4PN, K4XS (ALL A OR B CLASS) 90-09
>> Those are are all  -A- class.  No operator in the Southeast, East, or
>> Northeast has won  the "B" category since 1963.  That should tell you
>> something.
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>>> SSB: K1EUF, N4MM, K4XS (ALL A OR B CLASS)  70-89
>> Again, all in the -A- class.
>>
>> So, in the top level category -  Single op High power - since 1970, there
>> have been 84 opportunities for  stations on the east coast to win
>> Sweepstakes.  It has happened a  total of three times.  And two of those
>> times involved stations in  the deep south east.  In other words, W2GD is
>> the only station in my  neck of the woods who has won Sweepstakes.  I
>> think that's a pretty  telling sign that winning Sweeps on the East coast
>> is a major  challenge.  Kind of like winning CQWW from California.
>>
>> 73 Rich  NN3W
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