[CQ-Contest] Contest Idea

Fri Apr 7 08:34:49 EDT 2017

Randy

Maybe a SOAB assisted that is not on top 10 (combined SOA and SO) or with less than xxx qsos (maybe less than 1000 qsos)

Like this idea!

73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W

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> El 6 abr. 2017, a las 21:46, Ria Jairam <rjairam at gmail.com> escribió:
> 
> It might be a good idea but I don't think it would attract DXers.
> 
> Personal perspective - DXing is an activity you pursue over a lifetime and
> it largely fits in with your family and other time on a daily basis.
> 
> I think that most DXers who want to compete on a weekend doing DXing,
> already take part in contests.
> 
> But I'm willing to give this a try, don't get me wrong!
> 
> 73
> Ria
> N2RJ
>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:03 PM Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mark,
>> 
>> I spent a lot of time thinking about something like this when I was
>> Director
>> of the CQWW.  I know there are a lot of DXers out there who operate the
>> contest just to chase countries.  Always wondered if there would be
>> interest
>> in a "DXer" competition where the winner would have the highest total
>> countries + zones.  I balked on doing something because it seemed like the
>> top mults always went to the serious guys who made the most QSOs.  Never
>> found a good way to put the emphasis more on DX chasing.  Perhaps a
>> combined
>> total for SSB and CW would help.
>> 
>> Didn't see much discussion on this, but wanted to add some support for the
>> idea.
>> 
>> Randy, K5ZD
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Mark
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 9:23 PM
>>> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest Idea
>>> 
>>> A few days ago there were some comments around contests and rules you
>>> would like to see.  So here is one idea.
>>> 
>>> At the moment CQ has a DX Marathon that runs for a year.  I have been
>>> thinking what would happen if there was a version that was run over 48
>>> hours?  As with the Marathon the object would be to work as many
>>> countries and zones as you could but unlike the CQ WW (for example) the
>>> number of QSOs you make is irrelevant.  You could utilise the categories
>>> in the existing CQ WW contests e.g. single op single band or all band,
>>> assisted, unassisted, multi op etc.  The exchange would be report and CQ
>>> Zone (the latter largely so you know what zone the person is in so you
>>> can claim it).  Ties would be broken by looking at who worked their last
>>> country/zone the earliest.
>>> 
>>> Unlike the CQ WW which is largely a rate contest, this would be a
>>> strategy contest i.e. you would have to figure out how to maximise your
>>> country and zone count.  When do you call CQ? Should you S&P instead?
>>> Which way should I turn my beam and when?  Of course you may end up
>>> working a number of stations who do not count because you have already
>>> worked someone in that region (but who you should log regardless), but
>>> that might be the price worth paying to work for example that rare zone
>>> guy who you have heard and who does not like pile ups.
>>> 
>>> This sort of format might also encourage non-contesters (i.e DXers) to
>>> have a go and from there if they like it a few more may turn up in the
>>> more regular type contests.  Any QSO would also count towards the annual
>>> DX marathon so a lot of those guys would probably turn up looking for new
>>> countries.
>>> 
>>> Issues to be considered would be modes and bands.  As a competition it
>>> should probably be restricted to the non-WARC bands although of course
>>> the annual DX Marathon covers all bands.  Presumably any mode should
>>> count i.e.
>>> CW SSB and digital which would certainly spread the participants out and
>>> the entry categories should reflect that.
>>> 
>>> Log checking should in theory be easier as you only have to worry about
>>> QSOs that were new countries and Zones for an entrant.
>>> 
>>> To avoid a cluttered contest calendar perhaps it could be run each year
>>> on a weekend which crosses two months.  This year for example would be
>>> September 30 and October 1.  That would add an additional element of
>>> changing the seasonal propagation so you may need to think of a new
>>> strategy each time.
>>> 
>>> If you want to get an idea of what an outcome may look like, have a look
>>> at the CQ WW results database and sort a category by countries worked.
>>> It is quite interesting.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Mark ZL3AB (flameproof jacket suitably donned)
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