[CQ-Contest] NAQP Rules

[PaulKB8N at aol.com]

I am not so sure that big towers and antennas are a big plus in NAQP.   
With low wires I was able to walk up and down the bands and get probably 90% of 
 my S&P contacts on the first call, as well as running with some decent  
rates.
 
I know what the difference is.  The big gun stations have a  lot of 
hardware, but that doesn't make them stand out...it is the skill and  excellence 
both the operator and the operation.
 
For several years years, I had a top ten finish in the NA  Sprint LP 
Category every time I entered.  I even took top spot  once.  Today, the two-radio 
operation is so well honed that I'd probably be  lucky to be in the top 25.  
Some of us are getting older and better, some  are just getting older! 
 
Although I'm usually just a casual NAQP entry, I love mixing it up with  
players of all levels.  I'm not sure that I have the time and the  competitive 
drive to really prep for one of these and make it a  serious effort, but it 
is loads of fun knock out even a few hours in this great  contest.
 
In my opinion, it ain't broke.  The only fix I'd suggest is to promote  
more NA countries to participate!
 
Paul, K5AF
 
In a message dated 1/12/2014 8:28:25 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:


I don't see how any except suggestion #2 has the  slightest relevancy 
to your complaint.

Dave    AB7E



On 1/12/2014 2:58 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> Am I the  only one who has a big letdown when I check the 3830 scores and 
see how badly  I get beaten? I don’t know who figured out that someone like 
myself who is  running wire antennas (or someone with wires/tribander beam) 
can be compared  evenly to someone with a big station with multiple 
monoband beams on towers  just because we are both running 100 watts. That’s silly. 
Those big stations  would still probably beat me even if I ran a KW.  And it
’s not because  I’m a poor operator.
>
> Here are some ideas :
>
> 1)  Have both a SO2R class and a classic category (one radio) like they 
have in  CQWW .
> 2) Add a tribander/wires category
> 3) High and low power  classes
> 4) Add an assisted category
> 5) Divide the US into  regions and have top ten boxes for each of them. 
The way conditions were  yesterday the west coast had even more of an 
advantage then they usually do  because 15 and 10 meters were both open pretty good.
>
> Don’t  take this email the wrong way (as complaining) because I love NAQP 
CW and the  activity yesterday was great. It’s just a pretty stale contest 
because the  same 3 or 4 stations win every year for a long as I can 
remember. Plus I would  love to compete against someone who has a station more 
equal to  mine.
>
> Jeff KU8E
>
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