> > The Proposal: To create a new Sunday 8 hour Sprint category to be
> > added to both the CW and SSB Editions of the 2000 Sweepstakes. The
> > entrant in this category would select any continuous 8 hour period
> > between 1700 UTC and 0300 UTC Monday to operate in.
Well, the BEST thing that could happen would be to convince the NFL to
give every team a "bye" week on the 1st and 3rd weekends of November.
It's pretty clear when kickoff on the 1PM East Coast games occurs.
The up side is that guys would focus on Sunday for limited operating time.
The down side is that guys would focus on Sunday for limited operating
time.
I understand that the idea is to pull folks would otherwise NOT operate AT
ALL into the contest. If it pulled people off of Saturday to operate
Sunday, it would be counter-productive.
All in all, I lean towards it being beneficial and it's worth a try.
However, after a couple years, it should be re-assessed to see if it's
helping or hurting.
73, Ward N0AX
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>From N7RX" <n7rx@arrl.net Mon Mar 13 06:23:55 2000
From: N7RX" <n7rx@arrl.net (N7RX)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] New SS Category Proposal
References: <200003130535.AAA02724@contesting.com>
I'm not against the new category, but I'm having a hard time understanding
how it will increase participation. Some big gun who's short on time will
win the category. Big deal. The rank and file aren't playing to win anyway,
so I'm not sure that a new time-limited category will bring anybody out of
the wood-work.
I bet most people spend as much time as they have on the test and don't pay
whole lot of attention to the clock. The better idea is to have an extended
contest period so that they can flip on the radio anytime between when they
get home for work on Friday and when they go to get the kids' pizza on
Sunday and dabble in the contest. This will attract more casual ops, which,
I think, are the folks we need more of. I'd even do it from 6 pm local time
Friday to 6 pm local time Sunday - the east coast would start 3 hours
earlier and end three hour earlier then left coast, and I bet you a buck
you'd get more people involved. You'd be surprised at the number of hams who
can't convert local to Z without a table.
The "serious" people can work any 24 or 8 or whatever as SOLP1R, SOHP2R,
MMHP74R or whatever - they'll show-up no matter what. Just add AA4NC's
hilarious DX test rule suggestion #5 modified for the domestic test - "All
[stations]
can claim credit for working W3LPL, KC1XX, K3LR, N2RM, etc. without having
to
actually work them" and get on with it.
73 Neal N7RX
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