[CQ-Contest] Should SO and SOA be combined? Randy's survey 2015

[AB2E Darrell]

I agree with Ria's comments.
And any major changes to the categories or rules should have been openly discussed and brought up prior to being dictated as adopted.
I have entered SOAHP now for 10yrs plus but at least if I WANTED to I could have entered SO HP. Why the need to suddenly merge or eliminate a category? Keep all existing categories as is.
It would be fine to create new categories to attract more beginners or contesters who may have limited time.
For example, the TB-Wires and Rookie overlays are excellent in this regard. How about another entry for 12-hours both SO and SOA mainly for casual ops/beginners?
I don't see a down side to keeping existing categories and even expanding by adding a couple more to get even more activity.
To me eliminating or merging a popular category that has many standing records is a step backwards.
And how will those existing records be handled? Suddenly retired or what?

73 to all,
Darrell AB2E


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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Should SO and SOA be combined? Randy's survey 2015

Even though the response in EU was opposite, it was marginal and the
sentiment in NA was overwhelming to keep unassisted.

This seems to have blown up into a gigantic mess and the combining of the
categories is something I don’t support, even though I do SOA sometimes.
They are different competitive strategies.

But at the very least the classic should be 36 hours.

73
Ria
N2RJ



On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 9:59 AM Douglas Zwiebel <dougzzz at gmail.com> wrote:

> From K5ZD's survey 2015
> NOTE THAT: EU and NA show opposite responses for the Yes/No section
> Also: opinions may have changed in the last 5 years.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
> QTH     Combine SO+SOA  Count of Response      % of Response
>
> Africa  don't care        2                        4.44%
>         No                22                      48.89%
>         Yes               21                      46.67%
> Africa Total              45                       0.88%
>
> Asia    don't care        76                      10.73%
>         No               360                     50.85%
>         Yes              272                     38.42%
> Asia Total               708                     13.84%
>
> Europe  don't care       223                      8.64%
>         No             1,141                     44.19%
>         Yes            1,218                     47.17%
> Europe Total           2,582                     50.46%
>
> NA      don't care       125                      8.46%
>         No               890                     60.26%
>         Yes              462                     31.28%
> NA Total               1,477                     28.86%
>
> Oceania don't care        16                     14.04%
>         No                58                     50.88%
>         Yes               40                     35.09%
> Oceania Total            114                      2.23%
>
> SA      don't care         7                      3.66%
>         No                80                     41.88%
>         Yes              104                     54.45%
> SA Total                 191                      3.73%
>
> Grand Total            5,117                    100.00%
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