[CQ-Contest] WAE QTC Question

[Barry Jacobson]

I personally believe all QRP operators should be shot. If I am elected US
President in 2024, I will enact this on my very first day in office. It
isn't fair to use taxpayer money to buy them all amps.

Barry WA2VIU

--
Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd

On Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 6:11 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Lee:
>
> I enjoy WAE a lot but am not an old hand at it.  Maybe 15-20 times over the
> years.
>
> I expect you'll get an array of answers and as is normal in contesting.:
>
> "It depends" seems to apply here.
>
> Myself, it's a judgment call based on quite a few things. SOME, just off
> the
> top of my head are:
>
> At the opening bell, no.  It's late in EU and some of those guys will play
> for a few hours and never be back.
> If you're using time handing out QTC's, you won't get called by SOME of
> those callers ever again.  Stack the log.
> I don't take QTC's in the first hour or two.
> If the station is super weak or a lot of QRN (no matter how many QTC's I
> have)..it's just gonna be a fight.
> On 80m-no.  On 40m - maybe, if:
> Things are slow/slowish and signals are good.  QTC's have no
> band/weight.just points.
>
> Some EU's won't ask for QTC's until the last 7-8 hours of the contest.
> (some will never ask)
> WAE is like SS..Slow on Sunday.  They have gobs of time and will ask you on
> Sunday if you're running.
>
> I used to run around the bands trying to give away QTCs the whole contest
> and literally got turned down 90% of the time.  It seemed like a big waste
> of time. Now I don't bother unless it's someone I have sent half a batch to
> or I just heard them asking their callers for QTC's.
>
> If things are really slow, say repeated CQs on 10m and a strong station
> comes on and asks....even if I only have 3 QTC's..sure..he'll chase me down
> later or I might stumble across him later.
>
> When things are hot/heavy/noisy and you have callers, generally I won't do
> QTC's.
> If things are slow, I'll give them pretty much always when asked..even one
> !
>
> So, yeah, it depends.
>
> hi
>
> The more you play in WAE, the more you can decide for yourself what it
> depends on.
>
> Mike VE9AA
> Hi all...
>
> So, what is the smallest number of QTCs that makes sense to bother with?
>
> For example, I've worked 101 stations and have sent 100 QTCs.  So, for the
> next caller, I only have 1 available.  It doesn't seem worth it to send
> just one, with the slight overhead required.  But what does make sense - 2,
> 3, 5...??
>
> I suppose the perspective is different for EU stations vs. non-EU.
>
> What say?
>
> 73 de Lee, AA4GA
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>