[CQ-Contest] WPX Wonderings

[Trent Sampson]

Spot on Randy,

the 30 - 36 hour change wrecked VK ZL opportunities

Such a small change with a big impact

These days we compete against our own score or like a lot, do multi ops

Regards

Trent
VK4TS
PO Box 275
Mooloolaba 4557
0408497550


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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+vk4ts=outlook.com at contesting.com> on behalf of Randy Thompson <k5zd at outlook.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2021 03:47
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Wonderings

The change that really impacted WPX SSB/CW was when the limit for single ops went from 30 hours to 36 hours.  This greatly limited the competitive opportunities around the world.  Those extra 6 hours provided more advantages to the areas that had more hours to the population centers.

Regardless of your feelings about the recent rule changes, in the recent WPX SSB the bands were full of activity and the log submissions were only down a bit from last year (which had better conditions and was in the midst of the Covid shutdowns).

Everyone makes their own choice about how to operate the contest and whether to submit a log or not. And I guess, to complain as well.  😊

Randy K5ZD



-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Jim Neiger
Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 4:40 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Wonderings

Amen.  I missed the page where it was written that these couple "contesters" had the authority to screw up a once great contest.

Jim Neiger   N6TJ


On 4/30/2021 6:22 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> They’ve screwed up their magazine.  Now they’re working on their contests.
>
> Utterly tone-deaf.
>
>
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> ________________________________
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> on behalf of wa1fcnbeaudoin <wa1fcn at charter.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 7:09:16 PM
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX Wonderings
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>
> GE All
>
>           So now that there is no distinction between assisted and
> unassisted
>
>           in CQ WPX CW this month.  If  enter Single Band 40 using
> assistance is
>
>           the category called   Single Band 40 ? Then what happens to all
> those Single Band 40
>
>           Assisted records.  Or how about those guys who got their old
> Single Band 40 records
>
>           with NO assistance and now I am going to use assistance.
>
>           Do the records  just fade away like General MacArthur ?
>
>                       BoB WA1FCN
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