[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC CW

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Douglas Maxwell wrote:

> This practice is annoying because it is pointless, but as others have 
>pointed out, there must be a relaxation for casual ops so they can 
>enjoy themselves whilst giving the more serious op valuable points.

If the casual ops work all the serious ops with big signals, then 
everybody's rate suffers but nobody is at a competitive disadvantage. 
It's just a hazard of the course that everybody plays on.


Another point, if writing a how-to-do-it article: the requirements for a 
minimum acceptable exchange are different on HF and VHF. On HF it would 
be bad contest/DX operating for both stations to exchange both 
callsigns; but on VHF it's mandatory in contests (in all of  IARU Region 
1 and in ARRL contests) and regarded as mandatory for DXing too.

There are valid reasons for both approaches, but it's pointless to set 
up one "versus"  the other. Each one is the right thing to do on the 
bands where it applies, but the wrong thing where it doesn't.



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73 from Ian GM3SEK