[CQ-Contest] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

That's one reason I stopped doing the WAE...no more high band and low  band 
categories.
 
K4XS
 
 
In a message dated 3/6/2013 11:57:33 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
k5zd at charter.net writes:

The high  band / low band categories were way cool.  That would be  an
interesting wrinkle for ARRL DX to bring back as a way of generating  more
activity for everyone.

Randy, K5ZD

> -----Original  Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest  [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> John  Laney
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:44 PM
> To:  cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why ARRL SSB  Contest is Not My Favorite
> 
> For one or two years in the 1970s,  the ARRL International DX Contests had
> a change in  the rules to  permit everyone overseas to contact each other
> too.  There was  much dissatisfaction with it from W/VE stations because
> it resulted in  many more DX stations working each other and ignoring the
> weaker W/VE  stations even when the bands were open for working W/VE
> areas.   Think of the former time for beginning the CQ 160 CW contest at
> 00Z  and all the Eu stations were loud in NA but couldn'g hear the NA
>  callers because they were too busy working other loud European  stations.
> So the rule was changed back.
> 
> For a while  in the 70s or 80s, we also had high band (10, 15, 20) and low
> band  (40, 80, 160) categories. That may have been before we had single
> band  categories.
> 
> The best change made since I started working the  contests in 1956 was
> doing away with the quota system which allowed  only a small number of
> QSOs by US stations with any given DX  country.  This meant that many of
> the smaller DX stations had to  be or were ignored by the big US stations
> because they wouldn't count  for points.  It basically discouraged
> operation in populous DX  contries except by the top stations and even
> they couldn't work a W/VE  station for credit after the quota had been
> reached by the W/VE  station.
> 
> 73, John, K4BAI.
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