[CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?

[Paul Schaffenberger]

How about making SS more fun by allowing one qso per band?  I watched a fairly good 15M band dry up simply because there was not enough activity.  The signals were plenty loud from all directions, just no interest. I've always liked contests where there are more potential contacts than a mere mortal can work.  This is the way SS was in the early 60s, when I first started contesting.  For those who have a limited antenna situation, also allow single-band entries. Who knows, 10M may even spring to life?  Paul, K5AF
 
In a message dated 11/6/2017 7:59:49 PM Central Standard Time, af5cc2 at gmail.com writes:

 
 I am not so thrilled about such a change also. There are already way too many clubs that only exist on paper so someone can have another 1 or 12 callsigns to use. This would just promote such activity. I wish the FCC would do away with club licenses. We didn't have them for most of the 80s and everything still seemed to work ok. On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote: > A rule change to permit the appearance of additional activity, by > manufacturing contacts under a second or third or fourth callsign? > > > Doesn't strike me as a good idea. > > > I think a better idea would be to try and recruit more people to operate > in Sweepstakes. In other words, actually increase activity with an > increase in operators, not an increase merely in callsigns. > > > 73, ron W3WN > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> > To: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> > Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 10:17 am > Subject: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? > > For all who stuck it out to the bitter end in SS, it is clear that it is > time for a rules update for ARRL contests, specifically doing away with > general rules 3.3 and 3.5:3.3.An operator may not use more than one call > sign from any given location during the contest period.3.5.A transmitter > used to contact one or more stations may not be subsequently used under any > other call during the contest period, except for family stations where more > than one call has been issued, and then only if the second call sign is > used by a different operator. (The intent of this rule is to accommodate > family members who must share a rig and to prohibit manufactured or > artificial contacts.)------------------------As many of you are aware, > for many years I’ve been doing “Single Operator Multi Station” efforts in > SS, typically operating from four different stations in an effort to turn > SS into a 24 hour ratefest. Now that I’m a Florida snowbird, that has been > reduced to two efforts, this year a QRP effort as K8MR with the KX3 from a > waterfront parking area, and a LP effort with the K3 from the condo as > W3USA.It was a lot more fun to be working people in the second effort from > W3USA who I had previously worked from K8MR. I’m sure nobody was bothered > that I gave them an extra QSO by using two stations.My take is that these > rules were put in many years ago to prevent “manufactured” contacts by > friends, fellow club members or whoever. In the days of paper logs that may > have made sense. But with today’s log checking it is a lot easier to find > suspicious manufactured contacts. Even though a person “ manufacturing” a > few QSOs is not likely to send in a log of those QSOs.Some reasonable > limits might be in order, such as a minimum off time from a previous call > before it could be used again, or even not allowing any return to using a > previous call. But if a few hundred people were to decide on Sunday > afternoon (or whenever) to fire up their stations with a new call, and have > fun running some good rates while giving the full time folks new people > somebody to work, would anybody really mind? 73 - Jim > K8MR_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing > listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting. > com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest > _______________________________________________ > CQ-Contest mailing list > CQ-Contest at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest > _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest