[CQ-Contest] What is Multi to you?

[Gordon LaPoint]

Mike,
     This is a great definition of Muti-Single and Multi-Two setup.   I 
do lots of Multi Single and Multi Two operation in RTTY contests.  There 
are two main reasons I use these modes, One is to get more of the local 
club members involved with contesting, and the other is I'm getting 
older and don't want to run 24 or 48 hours by my self!
    I hope that the contesting community does not do away with either 
mode, they provide many hours of fun, teaching and just good will for 
the hams that come to my, or their, station to do these contests!
The Multi-Two setup is what got us using Bambi in the NAQP contests. 
Once upon a time it was allowed that each operator could use his "name" 
during the contest, causing much confusion for the other operators 
working us. (You were Charlie on 20 Mtr, now Gordon on 15, What???)  We 
were operating from a Hunting camp in the Green Mountain National Forest 
in VT, so the next year we chose Bambi as a name, to eliminate the 
confusion of the stations working us.   This added a lot of fun to the 
contest, and the Multi-Two mode made this all possible.   We have had 
many operators at this station over the years, lots of fun!
Thanks,
Gordon - N1MGO

On 05/05/2017 06:13 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> What does Multi Single mean to you?
>
> What does Multi-Two mean to you?
>
> What do these terms mean to the majority of contesters?  Does anyone 
> know?  Do the organizers know?
>
> Multi-Single to me and many that I have discussed this with,  is one 
> rig and more than one person doing the operating.  Simple.  A bunch of 
> guys having fun around a radio.  It might even include some beer! A 
> group of folks that may not want to operate the entire contest period 
> or have more fun in groups or where clubs can get together and have 
> fun.  It is not a Multi Multi station reconfigured with a bunch of 
> interconnects and locks outs.
>
> Multi-two.  Two radios and multiple operators.  Same as above. 
> Simple.  This allows a slightly bigger station to branch out and bring 
> in some more people.
>
> We already have a class for Lots of radios and operators it is called 
> Multi-Multi.  Go knock yourselves out. Put 12 rigs on a band and 
> figure out how to adhere to the rules.
>
>
>
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Gordon - N1MGO