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

[David Pruett]

The bonus points for /N and /T stations in the 10M Contest were dropped 
several years ago.  I know, because I do the log checking and scoring 
for the 10M Contest and I was directed to remove these bonuses from the 
scoring software when the contest rules dropped the bonuses.

BTW, if anyone reads the 10M Contest announcement in the November 2017 
QST, don't be confused by the line which states "Work everyone you can - 
just one contact counts per call sign, regardless of the mode used".

This seems to contradict the rules for previous 10M contests, which 
allowed for one CW and one SSB QSO per callsign.  I asked ARRL HQ about 
this and they confirmed that this was a typo, and that the existing 
rules for this contest had not changed.  The QST announcement was 
supposed to read: "Work everyone you can on both modes (CW and SSB)"

Also, be aware that digital mode QSOs are not permitted in the 10M 
contest at the present time.  This is not a new rule; it is the way the 
rules have always been for the 10M Contest.

Dave/K8CC

   On 11/28/2017 2:32 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> 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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