[CQ-Contest] SO (A) in ARRL 10/160

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Case in point...

CQ 160 SSB 2011

W0MU

1st Place Single Op Low Power Assisted SSB Colorado
#5 NA  #4 USA  #1 10th call area

Pretty damn impressive!

Points...  9159

Not so much anymore.

The top LP unassisted score was over 350k.

Mike W0MU

On 11/27/2013 3:03 PM, Doug Scribner wrote:
> Bill,
>
> You are right... Us little guys do cherish those Section and Division 
> certificates!
>
> Doug - K1ZO
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO (A) in ARRL 10/160
>
>
>> Fewer catagories?  Nah.  We forget about the little guys  who use a
>> vertical and 100W.  They cherish the third place finish single band 
>> 10meter LP
>> assisted certificate in CQWW for the fourth district.  For  us big 
>> guns its
>> ZZZZZZZZZ, but to them it's important.
>>
>> We should all remember when those trivial certificates got the premier
>> places on our walls in the shack....all because there were lots of 
>> categories.
>>
>> Bill K4XS
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/27/2013 11:39:58 A.M. Coordinated Universal Ti,
>> pokane at ei5di.com writes:
>>
>> On  27/11/2013 05:15, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>>> It is too bad the ARRL  did not take the forward looking position 
>>> and use
>>> this opportunity to  allow all single ops to use spotting assistance.
>> These
>>> contests  would benefit from less categories rather than more.
>>
>> And why has K5ZD  not already done the same for "his"
>> contest - CQWW?  It's because a  recent survey made it
>> clear that we, the SO entrants, didn't want  it.
>>
>> The only benefit of this move would be to CQ and ARRL.
>> As  contest sponsors, they would be relieved of the
>> unwanted responsibility of  identifying which single
>> ops used spotting assistance from other  operators.
>> Wasn't that once known as Multi-Op?  :-)
>>
>> Fewer  categories?  Yes, why not?  Let's take the
>> forward looking  position and combine power levels.
>> And what about "classic"  categories?   Well, it's
>> obvious - real men don't need time  off.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul  EI5DI
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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