[CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions

[John Geiger]

Do we know why there are fewer new contesters doing the SS than other
contests?  Maybe the long exchange?  Any other things turning off new
licensees from this contest?

73 John AF5CC

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I think that SS has a number of fundamental issues in todays contesting
> environment.  Not sure that changing the start and end times changes it.
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> It seems that virtually all of the participants have been doing SS for
> decades and very few new people are adding in.
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> If the people that do it every year want changes, great.  But I think that
> the notion it makes SS less slow on Sunday, or increases participation are
> misguided.
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> The concept of allowing more than one QSO per band has merit to me, but I
> have never been an SS fan due to the SLOW 50% of the contest.
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> 73
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> Ed  N1UR
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