[CQ-Contest] SS and CW contesting

[Radio K0HB]

That would completely alter the characteristics of the contest, making it a
clone of NAQP.



On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 17:42 Yuri <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:

> Why not simply allowing to work same station on other bands, like it's
> being done in all other Contests?
>
> Yuri VE3DZ
>
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> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Bill via CQ-Contest
> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:18 AM
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS and CW contesting
>
> It has now been 10 years since the US went code-free and ham radio license
> numbers are at ALL TIME highs - 750K total, half are general and extra that
> have HF privileges. 30K new techs a year, 10K upgrades a year from tech to
> general/extra. The problem for CW contesting is the number of hams that can
> copy code at 20+ WPM is decreasing and will continue to do so. New hams are
> on SSB/FM/digital. Look at the FT8 band segments on a bandscope. Look at
> the QSO totals in the RTTY contests. Read QST. And MOST importantly look at
> the checks in the last SS.
>
> Looking at the number of submitted logs for a contest doesn't indicate how
> the contest is doing, because it is now so easy to submit a log via web
> page copy and paste. A good indication is for all the ops that put in 22+
> hours last weekend to ask themselves if they HAD fun and if they look
> forward to putting in 22+ hours next year? Did they feel like they couldn't
> wait for it to end? Were they squirming in their chair the last few hours?
>
> The only significant major contest scoring change I can think of in the
> last
> 45 years is WPX getting rid of zero point Q's. That's when I started
> entering the WPX. There needs to be some changes in the SS for those of us
> that still operate CW contests. Only 54 stations reported on 3830 operating
> 24 hours. In
> 2010 there were 125 stations. I don't see anything positive in that trend.
>
> 73, Bill KO7SS  (47 years operating CWSS)
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