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

Wed Mar 31 20:36:59 EDT 2021

Hello ham friends, Good evening!

I would like to share our experience on this MM Distributed last weekend from Brazil where we used PS2T special callsign. 

We organized our join on this category 2 weeks before the contest. From only 3 stations and 11 operators we covered from 10 to 80m. 

The spirit of competition, joining forces with your country friends carrying your country flag into the top scores was an amazing experience. 

We make a trial, without the available remote technology to cover all the Brazilian territory.  Each of the 3 stations running it´s normal radio´s (FTdx101D, FTdx5000, K3, FT1000MP, TS590S and TS590SG) with DXLog Free and Very nice software with VPN network hosted in one server was enough to control everything.  Internal chat´s was good to make our "interlock" when on same frequency. Sometimes I was listening stations on 10 meters and the other Distributed running station could not listen. So just send a message into GAB´s window to stop and let me work that station and/or multiplier. Of course is using Serial Interlock this is much faster and productive. Only a single idea about how funny and crazy this operation can be. 

Can you image the limits of this category?   For example in PYland, we can have 160m, 80m and 40m located in the extreme North at Amapa´s State (Border with Guyana and Suriname) to bring a lot of 6 points QSOs from EU and USA mixed with other station members at same bands and frequency in other areas.  Someone can´t listen but the other can and Bingo....one more qso in the log.   20m in the middle of country, 15m at Southest and 10m at extreme South in Rio Grande do Sul near Uruguai.

With planning, very nice scores can be achieved. Each country members knows it´s potential. But to make this possible, some common things must connect the group as UNION, FRIENDSHIP, ORGANIZATION and other. 

I fully respect all individual opinions. That is no RIGHT or WRONG.  For me, this category is very modern and brings challenges. If you like, jump on it. If not, no problem, just make the qso. 

73´s and see you on air. 

Fernando / PY2LED / PX2A

-----Mensagem original-----
De: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+py2led=fuertesind.com.br at contesting.com> Em nome de Michael Walker
Enviada em: segunda-feira, 29 de março de 2021 22:02
Para: Michael Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net>
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Assunto: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WPX M/M Distributed Category Update

This idea is about technology.  Its impact to the number of stations to work is slightly above 0.    All these stations were interlocked as well.  Not a trivial setup.  

It got more people on the air for the contest who may not have had a chance to get on the air at all.

It is no different then 10 top contesters travelling somewhere to do a M/M.    The impact to the number of stations on the air is not even measurable.  

Mike va3mw

> On Mar 29, 2021, at 8:29 PM, Michael Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I agree with Joe for one simple reason: The reason guys are using remotes is because they don't have a station at home to operate from, at least one that is contest worthy! I know one of the guys that was part of the WW1X team lives in a high-rise apartment, with absolutely no chance to get on the air at all except with perhaps an indoor antenna, low power, and FT-8. 
> 
> The more people we can get active in contesting, the better we all will be. I'm sure not all of those 26 operators had 100 foot towers with stacks of yagis home to work with. They had that chance to be a big gun, and had fun. Isn't that what it's all about? 
> 
> 
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
> 
> 
>> On 03/29/2021 2:07 PM Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> How does it do that? If they were all in one place doing a 
>> multi/multi isn't it all the same?
>> 
>> Joe WB9SBD
>> 
>>> On 3/29/2021 2:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> On 3/29/2021 6:21 AM, Ray Higgins (W2RE) wrote:
>>>> The WW1X team entered the M/M distributed category this weekend. We 
>>>> managed 23.5 million points in adverse conditions in this new 
>>>> category from USA zone #5 with 7 stations and 13 operating positions.
>>>> Our team consisted of 26 operators from eight countries
>>> 
>>> I think this category is a TERRIBLE idea, simply because it reduces 
>>> the number of stations to work, as well has their prefixes.
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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