[CQ-Contest] CQ WW High Rates

[Andy Blank]

Guys, the bar was set in the last few years. There have been a number of
stations running dual pileups already.
There were videos last year of TO7A, but he had other issues that led to
disqualification.

I didn't mention it in my comments, but I also did dual pileups in CQWW.
The same way, with 2 computers.
But I did not practice it like Dan and Jose did.
Which is why I don't have as many qsos :)
I only did it for a few hours, then reverted back to old habits.
But I didn't have the optimal setup for it ergonomically.

There is an art to it, and Dan has showed that it takes a very special
skill.
I doubt I will ever get that good, but it can be improved on like any other
radio skill.
Practicing with MorseRunner was a very clever thing.

I think it's good for the game to have these new ideas, and if you want to
compete at the highest levels you know what you have to do.

73, Andy N2NT/V47T

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thought the objection to the octopi was that the M/S stations in question
> were CQing twice on the same band, once at the bottom and once at the top.
>
> Dan was rapidly switching between two pileups on two different bands. He
> was essentially running an interlocked M/2 by himself, without packet,
> which is remarkable.
>
> 73, Chris WF3C
>
> On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Igor Booklan <ra3auu at srr.ru> wrote:
>
> > My sincere congratulations to Dan for such a great way of handling his
> > runs!
> >
> > BUT ...
> >
> > Some few years ago when several M/S stations did so (octopus CQs) on
> > the same band most of the people complained that those guys have taken
> > too much of the bandwidth, so such CQs were prohibited straight after.
> >
> > 73, Harry RA3AUU/P33W
> >
> > > We get it. We totally get it and we think this is ultracool to watch.
> At
> > least I did.
> >
> > > Fascinating. To us. I just hope nobody shares this video with
> > > non-cons as a way to highlight how much fun contesting can be. Without
> > the audio, and
> > > to the uninitiated, Dan could look like an actuary frantically
> > > filling in actuarial tables. I don't think a non-ham or non-con would
> > see this as fun.
> > > (Where are the explosions? How many respawns do you get?)
> >
> > > This is the kind of video that should be reserved for only those
> > > contesters at or beyond Operating Thetan III levels!
> >
> > > Way to go, Dan. It's impressive how calmly you can bang off nearly
> eight
> > Qs per minute.
> >
> > > 73, kelly
> > > ve4xt
> >
> >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > >> On Dec 2, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> That video is just incredible!
> > >> I just wish it had what he was hearing in his headset on the audio.
> > >>
> > >> Joe WB9SBD
> > >> Sig
> > >> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > >> Idle Tyme
> > >> Idle-Tyme.com
> > >> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> > >>> On 12/2/2015 5:50 AM, john at kk9a.com <javascript:;> wrote:
> > >>> N6MJ/ZF2MJ blew away the top rate and had an incredible score in last
> > >>> weekend's CQWW CW contest. He described how he did this in his 3830
> > post
> > >>> and you can watch him on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8nGGa99cE
> .
> > >>>
> > >>> John KK9A
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> To:    Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com <javascript:;>>
> > >>> Subject:    Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW High Rates
> > >>> From:    Roger Parsons via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > >>> Reply-to:    Roger Parsons <ve3zi at yahoo.com <javascript:;>>
> > >>> Date:    Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:17:21 +0000 (UTC)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Those high rates simply show well equipped stations with good
> operators
> > >>>> who, by virtue of their >LOCATIONS and the SCORING RULES, are really
> > IN the
> > >>>> contest.
> > >>>> 73, Jim K9YC
> > >>> So if you were to have operated from a good station in an
> advantageous
> > >>> location
> > >>> you would have won this last weekend?
> > >>>
> > >>> RIGHT. Silly me for having one second imagined otherwise...
> > >>>
> > >>> 73 Roger
> > >>> VE3ZI
> > >>>
> >
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