[Mldxcc] CQP N6ZFO 253,935 MLDXCC

[Bill Haddon]

Regarding N6ZFO contribution of score to MLDXCC and the nature of the
in-state CQP club competition:

Al,  AD6E, wrote a very kind message congratulating me on the high CQP LP
score and thanking me for the MLDXCC contribution; my reply to him,
paraphrased and expanded, is as follows:

For 12 of the last 13 years, MLDXCC has won the in-state CQP competition
hands down.  De facto, it's not a competitive event. REDXA, the only club
to significantly compete (once), essentially gave up this year --  *and we
don't want that.*  . . . .They did not ask for my score but W1RH did.  So
it's "ask and you thou shalt receive."

I'll argue for a significant redesign of the in-state club competition to
allow any club of reasonable size to compete effectively. The fault is the
design model, not the individual clubs or their members. The current model
is pretty much the ARRL Sweepstakes Unlimited club competition on a CA
scale: that does not work very well.  I've asked Chris, N6WM,  to put me on
the committee for CQP-50.*  Competition needs to be real to be satisfying
and rewarding.*

As the inventor (in 2002) of the NS Ladder Sprint competition, now in its
eleventh successful year, I realize that there's an almost Luddite
resistance to change within ham radio.  I was repeatedly urged to "dumb
down" the NS and make it more like other contests so participants would be
more "comfortable" competing. We did not take that advice-- as a result we
still have a viable contest with a dedicated bunch of 100 or so who
participate regularly or ir-regularly on Thursday nights.

73 Bill N6ZFO
[Director of Thursday Night Contesting for NCCC]




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> Speaking for myself, and not MLDXCC, I would be open to taking a look at
> the rules.  I need to take a look at our log submissions, but I'm betting
> we still would would have a good chance at winning if Bill's score went to
> REDXA and N6TV's score went to a Bay Area club.  Perhaps a reduction in the
> 175 mile circle?  Maybe a handicap format?  I don't know, but REDXA came
> very, very close to beating us a few years ago and I still believe that the
> club can do so again with good motivation.  I saw Stu, K6TU, today at
> Pacificon and told him to never underestimate REDXA.
> A third club in the mix this year was very welcome, as far as I was
> concerned.  I may give a talk to the San Diego club, if my trip to SD
> coincides with their meeting, to try to pump them up for CQP.  I've never
> been one to enjoy shooting fish in a barrel.
> With all of that said, I can't say how much I appreciate the interest in
> MLDXCC, and of course the points, from those, like Bill and Bob, who are
> within the 175 mile circle but outside of our core area.
> BobW1RH
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