[CQ-Contest] NAQP Revised Rules

[Jim Brown]

But that completely changes the nature of NAQP. One of the great things 
about NAQP is that it IS limited to 100W and discourages cluster use. 
That allows smaller stations to have a lot more fun, because they're not 
competing with cluster-generated pileups.

I work contests differently, depending on the contest and how it relates 
to my QTH.  W6 is not competitive in DX contests, so I run QRP with the 
intent of increasing my band-country count, so I use the cluster. (My 
country count is 166 worked QRP). In the NA Sprint, I run SO2R at legal 
limit. In NAQP I run SO2R at 100W, no cluster. I work 160M CW contests 
QRP, trying to finish WAS (I need VT and SC) and maybe add a country or 
two. Except for the Stew, I use the cluster.

The guys who started NAQP many years ago established rules that made it 
the somewhat unique set of contests that it is, and most participants 
like it the way it is. The statistics you posted yesterday obscured that 
fact by only looked at M2 data, without comparing those entries to 
single op.

73, Jim K9YC

On Thu,12/15/2016 8:52 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> SOA with unlimited band changes would be a huge rush and sounds like a 
> ton of fun to me to chase mults all over and having to decide if that 
> is more important than running.  To each their own.