[CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

[Richard F. DiDonna]

I'm not in favor of turning Sweeps into a 30 hour NAQP.  But I do see 
the utility of allowing more than one QSO.

of course doing that will result in howls from various geographic areas 
that the playing field has been altered to favor one area over another.  
So...

I can envision three scenarios:

#1 Stations can work other stations twice - once in the first 15 hours 
of the contest and once in the final 30 hours of the contest

or

#2 Stations can work other stations twice - once on 160-40 and once on 20-10

or

#3 Stations an work other stations twice - as long as the second QSO is 
on a band other than the first QSO.

I'm not a fan of multiple multipliers as that simply creates a 
multiplier (duh) effect segregating top scores from lower scores. For 
some hams, seeing the top scorer 5,000,000 points higher than one's own 
score is a demoralizer.

73 Rich NN3W



On 11/6/2017 11:36 AM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> I love CW contests with a passion but I might consider not doing CW SS 
> FT anymore.  I took just about all my off time in one stretch starting 
> at 0800 Z so I could get a decent nights sleep because I dreading 
> operating (BORING) on Sunday. The only thing that kept me going was 
> that I needed about 5 multipliers for a sweep. Watching football when 
> operating also helped me get thru it ! If it wasn't for those things I 
> might have quit early.
>
> Maybe it's the right time to think about a rules change because it 
> isn't  going to get better anytime soon. The declining sunspots will 
> make participation decrease even more than it has.  I'm still fairly 
> young in my 50's and I'm afraid in 10 years there won't be anyone to 
> work in a CW contests.  Lots of checks in the 1950's and 1960's. Not 
> as many in the 1970's when I was licensed. Very few above the 1990's 
> and 2000 +.
>
>  I know it's been discussed before but maybe it's time to allow a QSO 
> with the same station on multiple bands. It would at least make SS 
> more fun. Before anyone argues this wouldn't be fair consider pretty 
> much the same people win every year because they have a good 
> station/antennas and are SO2R experts. Plus most have a geographical 
> advantage as well. I will admit I have it a lot better in Georgia then 
> I did in Ohio. But not as good as those on the west coast. How else 
> could I make almost make 400 QSO's on 20 meters using a dipole at 40 
> feet? Plus when 40 meters goes long it's good for me too because the 
> guys north of me can't work each other. That gives me somewhat of a 
> captive audience. On the other hand 80 meters isn't as good for me as 
> it was in Ohio. Always get beat out when a station further away is 
> called by someone closer to them. So no matter the advantage you might 
> enjoy it might be offset by someone else's on another band.
>
> I also wish they would make SO2R a separate category because it gives 
> someone an advantage similar to SOA.
>
> Jeff KU8E
>
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