[CQ-Contest] Random Exchange Contest

[Tom Haavisto]

I think you are looking at this problem the wrong way:



> The problem to introduce such a new contest today is:

> A) To find an open slot on the jam packed contest calendar.
Good luck with finding an "open" weekend.  Best best is to find an already
established contest with a compatible exchange, and go with the same
weekend.
Since you want a "unique" exchange, that is not an option.  Why does it
have to be on a weekend?  CWT is on Wednesdays, and is doing well.  Other
contests are mid-week.
Pick a date, and go from there.  Many folks are retired, so there should be
enough of a pool to get things started.  If the idea has legs, THEN move it
to a weekend.

> B ) To find a sponsor with enough leverage to make it work.
Sponsor it yourself.  Published the rules on the internet, and start
promoting it.  That is what everyone else did when they started.
If people are interested, it will work.  If not, it will fail.
Asking "someone else" to do it will guarantee it will fail.

>  C) Get enough folks on the air to make it fun. If not, it's DOA.

See item B

Tom - VE3CX


On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:31 AM ON5ZO - OQ5M <ON5ZO at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Paul EI5DI is right about predictability: it's no fun to copy that.
>
>
> A truly random four or five digit exchange would be a CW Op's delight. I
> wouldn't even oppose six digits.
>
> Q: Why do we like WAE CW so much?
>
> A: QTC? QRV!
>
>
> Use distance based scoring (to mute that Atlantic Basin Bias thing that
> pops up here) i.s.o. multipliers and it would be a format hard to beat for
> the real CW Contest lover.
>
> Five or six bands, 24h.
>
>
> Kinda like RAEM end December. Except that in that one the LON/LAT info is
> only random for the first QSO.
>
>
> The problem to introduce such a new contest today is:
>
> A) To find an open slot on the jam packed contest calendar.
>
> B ) To find a sponsor with enough leverage to make it work.
>
> C) Get enough folks on the air to make it fun. If not, it's DOA.
>
>
> 73
>
> Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M
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