[CQ-Contest] CQ WPX rules, it finally happened

[john at kk9a.com]

If you want to maximize your QSOs you should not be just listening to a
single radio waiting for a station to ID.  Sprint is a completely
different contest which has a QSY rule.  It is not reasonable to compare
the identification portion of the rules with the WPX contest.

John KK9A

To:	cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject:	 Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WPX rules, it finally happened
From:	 Doug Smith W9WI <dougw9wi at gmail.com>
Date:	 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:12:32 -0600

Some people try to COMPETE and WIN. That's why they try to maximize the
number of contacts (aka QSOs).

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Expecting the S&P operator to waste 30 seconds doing nothing waiting for
the run operator to ID is to suggest the S&P operator's time is not
valuable - that he is not entitled to COMPETE and WIN.

I note the Sprint contests have required ID with every QSO from the
beginning. At least here in the U.S. these contests are recognized as
*the* test of operator ability. Nobody is suggesting this rule be deleted.
IMHO its addition to the WPX is a welcome change.

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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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