[CQ-Contest] NAQP Revised Rules

[Jim Stahl]

Mike,

An SOA in NAQP would not affect things all that much. Unlike SS, there are essentially an unlimited number of multipliers in NAQP, and therefore a “clean sweep” is not a relevant concept. Finding Ohio on 10 meters counts as much as finding VY1AAA somewhere. 

Also, in NAQP as many or more multipliers can be found by moving stations from another band, than by chasing cluster spots.

As I mentioned earlier, I’d be more concerned that a station doing M2 would not be able to QSY for a needed mult because they were stuck wth a 10 minute rule.


73   -  Jim   K8MR


> On Dec 17, 2016, at 2:21 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> Because Tom, it changes the whole dynamic and mechanics of the contest.
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> Right now, rare sections will be discovered by all single ops by spinning
> the VFO and using their ears.
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> If there were to be a SO(A) category instituted, rare sections would always
> (or usually) have a "packet pileup" on them.
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> The unassisted op is no longer rewarded for being a sharp fox with elephant
> ears due to the fact assisted ops and the massive worldwide RBN
> 
> feeds beats them to the punch in 99% of cases.
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> It used to be, the sharp ops found the most mults by THEMSELVES.  Now ,
> anyone with a telnet feed can find the mults..
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> 
> Mike VE9AA
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