[CQ-Contest] CQWW SO2B

[robert beaudoin]

     Hello John

         Well to each his own.....  I respectfully disagree with your 
views....I personally need to give this more thought, but

                 at present I do not see the down side, unless you are a 
serious  single band competitor.  Myself I am in this category.

                     I give it mt all on 40 or 15, but hey maybe 2 bands 
might be fun.  Why not give it try.  "Hair-brained " is a bit

                         strong at this point.  I do agree "leveling the 
playing field" is never going to happen. After 30 plus years operating

             from Ct. then moving to Alabama I  learnt 40, 80, 160 
belongs to the North Eastern guys. It is what it is, and yes it took

                 several years for me to accept that fact.

                               73  BoB WA1FCN/KM4FOC

On 10/24/2025 2:20 PM, John R wrote:
> Re: CQWW SO2B
>
> WHY does QRP not get an UNASSISTED Category like the others?
>
> Yet *another* contest that wants wants to lump ALL the QRPers into one
> category.
>
> This particular "level the playing field" idea, at best, only "levels"
> things for folks who happen to have very good antennas for 2 bands. Another
> batch of new categories that will only affect a very few top scorers.
>
> This SO2B seems to me to be the latest hair-brained scheme to "level the
> playing field" in contesting - something that simply cannot be done.
>
> We all work contests with our own goals, and the new categories won't
> really affect most of the operations at all, but the constant schemes to
> "level the playing field" in contesting strike me as quite humorous.
>
> As it is now one of the very most popular contests on the planet, it
> appears that CQWW maybe doesn't need "fixing" or leveling?
>
> -*73*-
> John N6HI
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