[VHFcontesting] Contesting Philosophy

[Ken Kent]

"The CQ contest is less important and hence people perceive that there  
is less at stake and don't care so much?"

I am curious as to what is at stake!  This is a hobby not a profession.

Ken
KA2LIM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Cc: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:25 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Contesting Philosophy


> Ron - You wrote:
> 
> "... can someone tell me why the CQ Contest rules never seem to come  
> up for discussion on this list?"
> 
> Sure. It is only two bands, 6M and 2M. Both bands have the same point  
> value.
> So, the multiplicative effect of multipliers from one band to another  
> does not occur significantly as there are only 2 bands involved, not  
> 10 or 12. And the higher QSO points on the microwave bands are not  
> multiplied by large numbers of grid multipliers on the lower bands.
> It is strictly a VHF contest. You don't need lots of microwave gear to  
> be competitive.
> There are fewer participants so there are fewer people to complain.
> Perhaps the fewer participants constitute the more hardcore VHF  
> contesters and hence they are happy to be out competing with the rules  
> that exist rather than complaining that someone who finished ahead of  
> them did so by exploiting loopholes in the rules.
> The CQ contest is less important and hence people perceive that there  
> is less at stake and don't care so much?
> The rules are simpler, more straight forward, all in one place,  
> published in a magazine, and hence there is less to complain about.
> It is conducted by a for profit organization that has no motives other  
> than to sell magazines and web ads rather than a nonprofit  
> organization that feels it has a responsibility to make sure that it  
> is responsive to its members and whose members complain when they  
> don't get their own way. Plus the usual electro-political machinations  
> that, for good or bad, drive those involved in predominately volunteer  
> nonprofit organizations are missing from the sponsors.
> Or some combination of the above. But I suspect that you knew most of  
> what I wrote. :^)= - Duffey
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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