[RTTY] 2011 RTTY Roundup - 3830 Claimed Scores 14Jan2011

[Susan King]

I may have been one of the few SO-ONE-R operators with a high score. I
didn't have to spend time worrying about band changes or getting stuck on a
dead band.

Whenever I felt a band needed a rest or I needed a rest I changed bands.

Some day I will try SO2R, maybe when I grow another brain.

Susan K5DU

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:

> Dick, K7VC, asked:
> > Why are the Single Operator scores consistently higher in
> > their categories than the M/S scores?  That would seem
> > counter-intuitive.
>
> There are a number of reasons, but the fundamental reason is that the rules
> practically guarantee a SO will have a higher score than a MS given the
> same
> station, same location and same operator skill.  The MS rules restrict the
> station to 6 band changes per clock hour whereas the SO is only restricted
> to having one signal on the air at a time.  Therefore, the SO has a
> potential QSO rate of 2x the MS since they can alternate QSOs between two
> bands.  The MS is effectively inhibited from transmitting on another band
> while they are receiving on one band.
>
> It is counter-intuitive, but it is also a reality of the classic MS rules.
> I argue that a MS should be able to operate at least as effectively as a
> SO,
> i.e., SO2R, and that the MS band change restriction should be replaced with
> an operator change restriction.  That is, the operator cannot change more
> often than, say 10 minutes.
>
> Ed - W0YK
>
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