[CQ-Contest] An alternate SS CW re-invigoration plan

[John Geiger]

They were/are worth 8 points if you worked them on CW and they signed /N or
/T

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:03 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> In the 10m contest novices and tech were worth 5 or 10 points.  I don't
> think it mattered too much though.
>
>
> On 11/28/2017 7:39 AM, Richard F. DiDonna wrote:
>
>> The ARRL SS CW discussion has died down now that we're a good few weeks
>> past CW Sweeps.  Nobody has commented on the huge number of '14, '15, '16,
>> and '17 checks in the phone Sweeps.
>>
>> Others have in the past rued the demise of the Novice Roundup. So, why
>> not combine the both?
>>
>> Recommendation for the flag pole saluters: permit hams who have a check
>> within three years of the year of the running of Sweeps to operate Sweeps
>> and allow 1.5x or 2.0x points for QSOs with stations whose check is within
>> three years of the year's running of Sweeps - CW only.
>>
>> Stations who have been licensed longer than three years and submit a log
>> with a check within the three year window get DQed. Maybe this would help
>> generate a little activity?
>>
>> IIRC, the ARRL 10 meter contest used to do this for Novices and Techs
>> some years ago.
>>
>> 73 Rich NN3W
>>
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