[CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

[Chet Moore]

I dont know about the new hams in the last 7 years but my love for SS goes back to it being the only contest I could even compete in having only a vertical, wires and low power for my first 5 years in ham radio and living in an apartment.  my interest was not scientific, it was simply the best I could do at the time. I was outconus for most of that time, a conditional licensee, and usually the only ham at the locations where I happened to be. while i am a life member now, I was not a qst subscriber then. My first SS operation came from trying to have a rag chew with a ss participant who asked me if I was in the  ss contest. I didn't know what a contest was.  He explained the exchange,(all done on cw) told me what my exchange should be and except for some time in iraq and bahrain, I have never missed an ss since. I'm not advocating for any changes but if they are made "CHAMPIONS ADJUST !!"

73 

Chet  WA4KJR, WA4KJR/VO1,N6ZO, KL7AIZ, KG4ZO VQ9XX, ZD8W, KP4EAJ N6ZO/6y5 N6ZO/HH9


Chet N4FX

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Sawyer
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 9:53 AM
To: 'Art Peters'; 'CQ-Contest'
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

Hello Art.  No offense intended.  I believe that people getting involved in SS in the past 10 years and considering it their favorite contest are a rarity indeed.  The submitted log numbers and complaints of dwindling Sunday activity by the regulars would not be what they are if there were noticeably more people like yourself.

I am glad you enjoy SS.  I have no beef with it.  I am also not complaining about it.  Just offering a possible explanation to the complainers and suggesting that their complaint cannot be substantiated across other HF contest activity data or experiences.

Ed  N1UR

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Peters [mailto:k0acp at k0acp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:58 AM
To: sawyered at earthlink.net; CQ-Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

Ed,

I have to take exception to your comment, I may be able to see old-Timer from where I am, but have only been contesting with any sort of intensity for the last 7-years.  SS is one of, if not my favorite contest, partly due to my station configuration, and partially it is the intricacy of attaining all 83 sections, which while a lot of work, it is doable.  So I’d have to respectfully submit that the great thing about (Ham Radio / America) is that everyone is entitled to their opinion...

73 es God Bless,

Art / K0ACP

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> On Nov 7, 2017, at 11:39 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> SS has been an old timers contest for as long as I have been 
> contesting -
> 20+ years.  Virtually no one coming into contesting in the last 2 
> 20+ decades is
> a gung ho SS competitor.  The SS group is growing old or dieing off.  
> 
> 
> 
> But don't compare that to most other contests.  CQ WW SSB was amazing.  
> Rate meter spending LONG times above 200 and 300 peaks observed 
> numerous times during the weekend.  3000 - 4600 Qs logged by the top
> 10 US HP and 9000 Qs logged by 8P5A SOAB HP leader.  CQ WW CW has been 
> no exception in the past to be as much if not more volume of Qs than the SSB contest.
> 
> 
> 
> SS has a problem - that is not debatable.  But SSB contesting and CW 
> contesting don't show signs of problems in most other contests.  In 
> fact - until this last year of greatly diminishing sunspots - have 
> been on a decade long growth trend globally.
> 
> 
> 
> Its easy to fix the boredom of SS.  But its not easy to do it and keep 
> it the same old SS.  Choices need to be made.
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> 
> Ed  N1UR
> 
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