[CQ-Contest] NA Sprint - The Real McCoy of contesting.

[Steve London]

Try it Saturday night ! I hope to work a few hundred new players !

http://www.kkn.net/n6tr/sprint.html

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 01/31/2013 08:55 AM, Radio K0HB wrote:
> If the "no run" format is "The Answer" then Sprint ought to have thousands
> and thousands of players (like CQWW does).
>
> 73, Hans, K0HB
>
> On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Martin , LU5DX wrote:
>
>> How do you make contesting more attractive to little guns and casual
>> participants?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>> How do you reduce geographical advantage a whole lot?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>> How do you eliminate the need for assisted categories and packet cheating
>> at the same time?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>> How do you reduce the effectiveness of power abuse?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>>
>> How do turn a contest  into  a VFO tunning fanatics' paradise?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>>
>> How do you add thrill to it's maximum degree in a contest?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>>
>> How do you make a contest a challenging event where op proficiency is the
>> most relevant factor?
>>
>> QSO/QSY
>>
>> and many many reasons more....
>>
>> Not only NA Sprint is "...the most fun you can have in 4 hours with your
>> clothes on..." according to N6TR, but also it is THE REAL McCOy of
>> contesting.
>>
>> I even entered NA sprints a couple of times from LU-land with just 100w and
>> a low inverted V. Despite it was a part time entry, it was one of the most
>> thrilling contests I've ever entered. Because of all reasons listed above.
>>
>> Even if CQ WW goes the QSO/QSY route more and more people will continue to
>> enter. Because it is a whole lot more fun, fair and challenging.
>>
>>
>> Vy 73.
>>
>> Martin, LU5DX
>>
>> P.S.: Two frequencies 5 KHz apart or more ping ponging, should also be
>> avoided. Simply QSO/QSY. Otherwise big guns will simply alternate running
>> on two frequencies 5KHz apart or more.
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