[CQ-Contest] Contest exchange

[Bob Naumann]

There is no way that this will save K1TN any time (sorry, old buddy).

The number of repeat requests he will get by not following the established
and REQUIRED exchange "pattern" will actually cost him time.

I think that making an issue out of sending what undeniably is strictly a
"sync" for the rest of the exchange is essentially without merit.

If you think about it, what's so important about the rest of the exchange?
It's really all meaningless - isn't it?

It is for this reason that I find the criticism of the contents of the
required exchange to be of no value - when, the entire contest's value could
be questioned.

So, send the 5nn and stop complaining about redundancy.

73,

Bob W5OV

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Smith
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 2:18 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest exchange

Hi Jim,

While I agree that the RST requirement doesn't provide much of a test of 
our ability to copy info rapidly and accurately, the rules of many 
contests require that we send it.  You have decided to not follow these 
rules.

No problem - so long as your entry is submitted as a check log (or, less 
desirably, not at all).

Otherwise the Ch...er word can be applied to you.

Something you may not have thought about.  Let's say
a) You make 1200 Qs in a contest
b) It takes 1 second to send 5NN

Not sending 5NN saves you 1200 seconds or 20 minutes.  This gives you 20 
more minutes of contest time than anyone else.

In the case of a M/M making 6,000 Qs we're now up to 100 minutes of 
extra contest time.  That could easily translate into an extra 100 Qs.

I think one's competitors might object.  I know I would.


73, Jim	VE7FO

On 3/20/2013 11:50 AM, James Cain wrote:
> I got in the Wisconsin QSO Party a week ago last Sunday for my usual brief
foray, CW only, 3.5 hours, 350 QSOs. Great fun! Lots of OF friends called
in.
>
> The geniuses who run the WIQP -- none of them serious contesters --
specify the exchange as just location, no signal report. That really speeds
things up.
>
> So I have made a Command Decision here at the Battleship Wisconsin. I will
no longer send a signal report in any contest; I will send only whatever the
other element of the exchange is, the one that matters. You have been
warned.
>
> K1TN WI
> K1TN 04
> K1TN OCO
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