[CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

[Dan Kovatch]

I like SS just the way it is but here is a way to increase activity on 
Sunday. After you operate (or just after a time period) of 12 ,15 or 18 
(choose your time ) hours you are allowed to work the same station again ON 
ANOTHER BAND only. SO, if you worked W8CAR sat. afternoon on 40 you can work 
me sun. afternoon on 80,20,15 or 10 as long as you have been on for 12 
hours. Probably a nightmare for a logging programmer but it would work to 
increase activity I believe.

But, that makes it a miniNAQP sort of??!

Dan W8CAR

-----Original Message----- 
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 8:59 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

We seemed to have gotten well off the original topic which was a
substantial drop in participation in the contest and what things we
could do to get more people to participate.

Sunday afternoon, lack of rate was mentioned as reason that discouraged
some.

I am not sure if there is any correlation between changing the length of
the contest  and increasing participation.

Mike W0MU

On 2/9/2013 9:14 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> If you don't want to operate during the full length of the contest,
> what does it matter what the actual length of the contest is? If you
> only want to operate on Saturday, then do just that, etc.
>
> If you are in it mostly for fun (like I usually am), then you operate
> when you wish. If you want to be competitive, you'd do whatever it
> takes to be competitive if that means operating the maximum time
> allowed by the rules.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 2/8/13, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not only NO but HELL NO!
>>
>> Bring more players, not less operating time.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, February 8, 2013, Timothy Coker wrote:
>>
>>> Shorten it... better for family time, less Sunday boredom, etc.
>>>
>>> I think this idea has something for everyone. I know a lot of the older
>>> guys who no longer choose to stay in the chair due to ailments. I know a
>>> number of the younger guys who choose to not stay in the chair due to
>>> family time. The third is the shear boredom factor of a one contact per
>>> station rule.
>>>
>>> I could go with the break period too... maybe two hours like NAQP? I
>>> personally like the decision making involved with when to break. Plus we
>>> can take a walk, sleep, eat dinner with our loved ones, etc.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Tim/ N6WIN.
>>> On Feb 6, 2013 12:27 PM, "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/06/2013 11:42 AM, RT Clay wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Yes, the fix is simple: shorten the overall length to 24 hours. Still
>>>>> keep a required off time of 6 hours. > The off time is important to
>>> allow
>>>>> stations in different parts of the country to choose the best times to
>>>>> operate (day/night). That is particularly important for small
>>>>> stations.
>>>>> Choosing when to take off is also > part of SS strategy.
>>>>>
>>>> I could almost warm up to this. Except I would say get rid of the
>>> required
>>>> off time. Go 24 hours if that's what you want.
>>>>
>>>>   With 24 hours total the exact start time doesn't matter either as far
>>>> as
>>>>> propagation- it covers a full day.
>>>>>
>>>> 0000Z to 2359Z . That should make Sunday more interesting - it will be
>>> the
>>>> first opportunity for significant high band propagation, and there
>>>> would
>>> be
>>>> only one night-time opportunity.
>>>>
>>>>   I'm sure the average qso speed in SS has gone up over the years-
>>> computer
>>>>> logging/etc, plus the exchange used to be longer. So it makes sense to
>>> make
>>>>> the whole thing shorter.
>>>>>
>>>> That is absolutely true. I have listened to recordings from the 1970's.
>>>> Much slower. That was the way to pick up the hoards of newly-licensed
>>>> General's who could barely do 13 WPM.
>>>>
>>>>   Yes, records get messed up. But they already get messed up every time
>>>> a
>>>>> new section is added.
>>>>>
>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>> If SS is shortened, I could even warm up to grandfathering the old
>>> records
>>>> and starting new records.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Steve, N2IC
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