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[john at kk9a.com]

I just ran my 2016 WPX RTTY log though an analyzer and it estimated that
32.3% of my QSOs were made on the second radio.

John KK9A


On Wed, April 6, 2016 1:08 pm, Jim Fielder wrote:
> CW might be the worst one to compare.  Run the numbers with RTTY for
> example.  It is much easier to run on two radios in RY.  I suspect you
> would find your 10% to be on the low side.  Phone contests probably would
> exceed the 10% also.   Another interesting thought might be that a new
> contester might start out in other modes than the 32-35 wpm of cw
> contest.
>
> Jim
> KE0L
>
>
>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 10:19 AM, "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I used to also believe this but it is incorrect. Look how many 2nd
>> radio QSOs N6MJ made in CQWW CW.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8nGGa99cE
>>
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>>
>> To:    cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject:    Re: [CQ-Contest] cqcontest.net
>> From:    Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
>> Reply-to:    n2ic at arrl.net
>> Date:    Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:09:16 -0600
>>
>>
>> SO2R has a very small effect on the number of QSO's made in a contest.
>> The
>> number of 2nd radio QSO's I make in major contests is always less than
>> 10%
>> of the total number of QSO's. The primary advantage of SO2R is finding
>> multipliers, not QSO's.
>>
>> As a reminder, CQWW has a "Classic" overlay category that is SO1R-only.
>>  It's also 24 hours - you pick the 24 hours. Lots of fun.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>>
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