[CQ-Contest] contest restructing

[Larry]

hi guys,


i have read quite a few ideas about restructuring the CQ WW. obviously there is a need to modernise this contest.


preserving old scores is a foolish reason. present radios have -40 db compared to the plus 10 db of the older sets. antennas are now computer designed and on and on. there is no comparison between today's contest and that of even 10 years ago.



regards to the USA competition there is no way for a west coast station to compete with one in the east coast. period.


if you complain that very few young operators are joining our ranks consider the fact that quite a number of "contest stations" on the west coast have been organized in the last 15 years and all have quit after finding there is no way to win. forget the "fun", everyone wants to win. no competition here versus the " big east coast three". there is no place for the new and young operator to get experience. this is a contest for the old men with experience and the rich who can provide a super station.


contest directors please take note. change the structure of the CQ WW or the contest dies with us.


73,
larry
n7dd