[CQ-Contest] Rules off the table ?

[Joe]

No, that wouldn't work.  How about the guy that got started in the 
VHF/UHF world of Amateur Radio, and has 90% of the time been one of the 
all he does is public service stuff for the past 25 years.

but you have convinced him to try HF contesting.

Wouldn't you think of him as a rookie?  I sure would.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/7/2013 12:35 PM, Michael Adams wrote:
> Isn't year licensed part of the SS exchange?
>
> You'd have to impose a rule restricting recent years licensed to legitimate
> rookies, and we do have pesky issue of having just passed the centennial of
> amateur radio licensing in the US....but aside from that, it would be a
> simple change that wouldn't dramatically change the character of
> Sweepstakes, aside from perhaps putting a few more, less experienced folks
> into the fray.
>