[CQ-Contest] RES: CQ WPX M/M Distributed Category Update

[Trent Sampson]

Boy oh boy - Doesn't the CQ WW and CQWPX search engine give you an insight to the actual active contesters on the chat. 

Distributed category is not really that different to the IARU HQ category. 

I think it is a great idea - you can spread the load and link together really good single band stations and in a lot of cases have people active who normally would not enter a contest but are doing it out of technological interest. 

If each station is single band it doesn’t really require complex interfacing either. 

Good luck to those who tried it 




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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+vk4ts=outlook.com at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Zack Widup
Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2021 6:25 AM
To: Ray Higgins <ray.w2re at gmail.com>
Cc: k9yc at arrl.net; CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RES: CQ WPX M/M Distributed Category Update

I think this is wonderful! Anything that gets more contesters involved, especially youth, is what we need.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 7:19 AM Ray Higgins <ray.w2re at gmail.com> wrote:

> 5/17 M/M that posted on 3830 operated distributed. So basically 30% of 
> all M/M experimented in this category. I’m already in contact - they 
> reached out to us from M/M stations in Europe on how to do.
>
> My post is about the excitement it has generated with young people and 
> some of us OM. We have a youth program that is growing just not here 
> in the USA but worldwide. The very first dedicated youth station is on 
> the air from Europe (Croatia) for young hams under the age of 26. We 
> are doing the same with generous hams or organizations in England, 
> Norway, Puerto Rico and USA right now, these locations will come 
> online soon. It gets even better, youths are giving back to youths. We 
> have a few youths on the program that have opened up their own 
> personal station(s) for other youths to enjoy. Anyone that follows me on social media knows about all of this.
>
> We’re not doing this alone, we have generous station owners, 
> organizations and Flex Radio all joining forces to make this happen. 
> We have an announcement forthcoming on the organizations that have joined forces.
>
> Young people are attracted to contesting - it’s like gaming to them. 
> Just look at CWT results - you have some playing with the best in the 
> world. Two of the youths actually experimented in a M/2 distributed in 
> CWT at the 0300 session this Weds and made 300 Q’s and 70,000+ points 
> but didn’t submit a score because the category doesn’t exist, they did 
> it to have fun. These are just some of the cool things you may not be 
> hearing or seeing but it’s actually happening.
>
> This is my last post on this subject here. You can follow us on FB or 
> Twitter to get the latest updates on what’s happening.
>
> 73,
>
> Ray W2RE
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 2, 2021, at 1:51 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/1/2021 5:55 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
> >> How is a DM any different than a Multi-Multi
> >
> > Operator mentoring/learning and camaraderie are present at a 
> > physical
> multi. Far less so
> > A physical multi is usually a superior station, so builds operator 
> > skill
> by providing higher rate.
> >
> > My objections have nothing to do with technology, it's about more 
> > calls
> to work. A DM provides one call to work. Those same stations signing 
> their own calls increase the number of active stations, making the 
> contest more fun for the rest of us.
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
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