[CQ-Contest] CQWW is an unfair Contest -- A solutiion!

Stan Stockton wa5rtg at gmail.com
Fri Dec 4 11:57:28 EST 2020


>From my perspective there are many contests and many different exchanges.
All of them don't have to have a serial number or something difficult to
copy.

I can tell you that when CQ eliminated the serial number in their 160
contest it became a lot more fun.  It is not fun either holding up a
massive pileup trying to get a serial number or being held up by someone
else who is struggling.

73.. Stan, ZF9CW

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020, 10:03 AM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> Well, sort of.  The WPX mults make for a unique profile.  One could
> still use band/zones as mults in the "new CQWWCW".
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 12/4/2020 7:03 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> > CQ already has a world wide contest with serial numbers in the exchange.
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> >
> > N4ZR wrote:
> >
> > They still need to do something about the CQWW
> > exchange. With zones, it's just a callsign-copying contest.  I'm for
> > serial numbers.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
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> >
> >
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