[CQ-Contest] Preview of CQWW Rules 2015

[JIM NEIGER]

AMEN.  As one of those originally labeled as a dinosaur some twenty-five 
years ago because my extensive operations as DX had  clearly demonstrated, 
to me - at least - that, at the time PACKET,  was greatly diminishing the 
skill of operators in DX pileups, and the pileups in contests that I so 
truly loved.   Having provided so many new ones over my decades of 
operations from VR1W/KB6DA, 8P6J, 9Y4AA, SU1ER, D44BC, ZD8Z,  etc., my 
education has often been painful, and sometimes simply  un-fun.
The early pileups at ZD8Z in 1968/69 were often pleasant, manageable - can 
you imagine no-zero beat on CW, no packet, no skimmers, many fewer 10 
kilowatts, and up, amplifiers??  Then when I commenced my CQ WW operations 
from D44BC IN 1985, and listening to my host Julio screaming at the out of 
control pile-ups "If you don't stop calling out of turn, I will QRT"!  And 
my return in 1989 to Ascension after a twenty years hiatus, and newly-minted 
BIG signals out of Europe with most of them S9 + 20, and up, and seemingly 
90% calling out of turn.  I thought, "doesn't anyone LISTEN anymore"?? 
Short answer: nope, we don't even need to hear your call.  You were just 
spotted on packet, you're 5 and 9 (at least I think that was you, Jim), 
please QSL.  So it became a refuge for me to (1) to stop running the ENDLESS 
pileups and while everyone was still blasting away, take a half-hour out and 
play some chess on my computer, or (2) head for CW.  It was often amusing, 
I'd stop transmitting for 30 - 45 minutes, and then sometimes just say ZD8Z 
once, and it was like the masses had never left.

And then some geniuses apparently decided we needed code readers and 
skimmers.  I would LOVE for them to accompany me to a CW DXcontest sometime, 
and ask them to show me how to do it.  Trust me, gentlemen, you haven't 
lived until you have HUNDREDS of stations calling you, all zero beat with 
one another, and all S5.  Maybe.  And 99% of them calling NOT realizing they 
couldn't be copied, and then of course, incessant calling.  SKIMMER GENIUS: 
Thanks A lot.  At least packet frequency inaccuracies allowed them to be 
maybe slightly off zero-beat with me, and to one another,  and you could run 
rate.  So now, anyone who know me, knows to immediately call 3 to 5 up. 
duh.

I guess the important take-aways and lessons learned for you current 
youngsters and contesting enthusiasts of the future, my Axiom No. 27 might 
apply:  BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU ASK

Vy 73

Jim Neiger   N6TJ

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stan Stockton
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 1:48 PM
To: Barry
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Preview of CQWW Rules 2015

No, Barry.  It's drawing a line to preserve some semblance of skill required 
to work a CW Contest.  Using your thinking, I see no reason to disallow CW 
Readers in High Speed CW Competitions.

Stan, K5GO

Sent from Stan's IPhone



> On May 24, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I believe the likelihood of this is up there with the argument to preserve 
> paper logs and dupe sheets.  Time and technology continue, and we adapt to 
> the changes.
>
> Barry W2UP
>
>> On 5/24/2015 10:59, Stan Stockton wrote:
>> If nothing else good comes of the TO7A operation, perhaps a renewed 
>> interest to preserve SOAB instead of eliminating it will be the result. 
>> That's a good thing.
>
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