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

[Barry]

On one hand, yes it would be interesting.  On the other hand, there are 
so many categories as it is.
Barry W2UP

On 3/6/2013 16:57, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> 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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