[CQ-Contest] What is Multi to you?

[Joe]

And you made almost 300 contacts!

Joe WB9SBD
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On 5/16/2017 8:09 AM, Dave Edmonds wrote:
> I remember receiving my first "First Place SC" award in the 1978 Novice
> Roundup.... One of my competitors was Trey WN4KKN (overall standings).
>
> The NR was the perfect format kids...the rookie roundup isn't anything like
> the NR.
>
> 73s Dave WN4AFP.
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>
>> YUP!
>> Look at the 1976 results.
>> I was in it against my buddy, WN9SBC, I blew up my DX-35, and never sent
>> in my log. But look at the scores!
>> 411 contacts, 64 mults etc.
>> And as you said CW ONLY and bla bla bla, Look at this years results, it
>> makes me sick!
>>
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
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>> On 5/15/2017 11:52 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember things as well as I used to, but I believe I was in
>>> that contest when I was a Novice and made maybe 125 QSO's. I think it
>>> was a week long. You got on whenever you wanted to during that week.
>>> At the time, Novices were limited to 75 watts DC INPUT power for their
>>> transmitters and were rockbound in small CW segments on 80, 40 and 15
>>> meters. So you called CQ and tuned through the whole Novice segment of
>>> that band for replies.
>>>
>>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/12/2017 8:27 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Great ideas, Stan.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Rookie overlay is a great motivator.   Young/New contest ops don't
>>>>> need
>>>>> "baby" contests where there's no real competition or participation.
>>>>> They
>>>>> want to be real competitors in real events.   Overlays give them
>>>>> something
>>>>> to shoot for as they grow in skill.
>>>>> 73, Gerry W1VE
>>>>>
>>>> I beg to differ,
>>>> How many here remember the old Novice Roundup!?
>>>>
>>>> Not the Crap Rookie Roundup, that exists now. But the Old Novice Roundup?
>>>>
>>>> That was an awesome contest, and the way it was laid out everyone had the
>>>> chance to get the full allotted operating time in too.  To win in that
>>>> one
>>>> you fought in your own state against at least a dozen others in your own
>>>> state, that bothered to even send in a log. And to win in your state ya
>>>> had
>>>> to make 400+ contacts too.
>>>>
>>>> The new newbie contest abomination, "Rookie Roundup" is soo ill
>>>> concieved,
>>>> that no one even wants to play in it!
>>>>
>>>> Even in the SSB mode,  there are a dozen states that if you made just 1
>>>> contact and sent in your log you had 1st place in your state! You are the
>>>> ONLY entry in your state!
>>>>
>>>> They should have brought the Novice Roundup back exactly the same as it
>>>> was
>>>> before but now add the new modes that they can do. And work everyone on
>>>> every mode and band too. to encourage multi mode operating and bands too.
>>>>
>>>> ALSO like before allow non Novices to play in the contest, and as before
>>>> where they can ONLY work novices, BUT......  give them a class in the
>>>> contest too where they are competing against all the other Non Novices
>>>> too!
>>>> So they also have a dog in this race too.
>>>>
>>>> Now that would be fun!
>>>>
>>>> Joe WB9SBD
>>>>
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