In CQWW-CW I had about 450 QSOs - mostly on 10m, both
running and hunting.
In all QSOs the exchange I gave was 14 - not 5NN14, just
14. Only four stations asked for their RST, indicating
that over 99% accept that it makes no difference (to them)
whether or not the other station gives a report.
The 99% are right - it doesn't matter! Their logs will
show 599 received, and my log will show 599 sent. Even
if I gave something other than 599 to the stations who
asked for a report, it still does not matter what's in
their log or in mine, as reports are not cross-checked
in CQWW.
Yes, the rules say that RS(T) should be exchanged, and
I broke the rules. I did this to draw attention to the
rules themselves, and to the archaic practice of
exchanging 5NN in major contests.
Perhaps the rules can be updated, because a "rule" that
is not enforced is not a rule - it's a recommendation.
Recommendations are not mandatory, they're optional. It
follows, therefore, that the exchange of RS(T) in CQWW
is optional.
73,
Paul EI5DI
>From KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG Mon Nov 25 04:33:16 2002
From: KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG (KØHB)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fw: [dx-list] DX Cluster Report for CQWW CW
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kehler" <yahoo@kh2d.net>
To: "DxList" <dx-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:48 AM
Subject: [dx-list] DX Cluster Report for CQWW CW
>
> These worthless statistics are brought to you by KH2D
> and the WinCluster Lite DX Cluster Network. We
> don't have a BACKBONE, we just use the Internet....
>
> Report Period: 11/23/2002 to 11/24/2002
> CQWW CW Deee-X Contest
>
> Total DX Spots: 32,094 (See Note 1)
>
> Active Users: 2,922 (Users sending spots)
>
> Active Nodes: 454 (With users sending spots)
>
> The 10 most active SPOTTERS were:
>
> W3LPL 1189
> W6YX 725
> RL3A 723
> K1KI 666
> K8CC 633
> K4JA 545
> K9NS 538
> KC1XX 481
> W1EBI 400
> UA3TT 353
>
> The 10 most active NODES were: (See Note 3)
>
> F5MZN-3 2,625 spots from 560 users
> <blank> 2,393 spots from 54 users (See Note 69)
> W1GQ 1,798 spots from 34 users
> K1TTT 1,789 spots from 89 users
> K1TTT-14 1,333 spots from 732 users
> K8SMC 1,148 spots from 39 users
> N6ST 799 spots from 5 users
> K1XX 644 spots from 9 users
> K1TTT-13 610 spots from 306 users
> K4JA 607 spots from 16 users
>
> Spot Totals by Continent of Spotting Station:
>
> Africa: 83 - .3%
> Asia: 2,021 - 6.3%
> Europe: 9,676 - 30.1%
> N.America: 19,815 - 61.7%
> Oceania: 195 - .6%
> S.America: 304 - .9%
>
> Total DXCC Entities: 233 (See Note 2)
>
> DXCC Entities List:
>
> 3B8,3C,3C0,3V,3W,4J,4L,4S,4U1I,4U1V,4X,5A,5B,5H,5N,
> 5R,5T,5U,5V,5W,5X,5Z,6W,6Y,7Q,7X,8P,8R,9A,9H,
> 9J,9K,9L,9M2,9M6,9N,9Q,9V,9Y,A3,A4,A5,A6,A9,AP,
> BV,BY,C2,C3,C5,C6,CE,CE0A,CE0Z,CE9,CM,CN,CP,CT,CT3,
> CU,CX,CY0,D2,D4,DL,DU,EA,EA6,EA8,EA9,EI,EL,EP,ER,
> ES,EU,EX,EY,F,FG,FH,FJ,FK,FM,FO,FR,FY,G,GD,
> GI,GJ,GM,GU,GW,H4,HA,HB,HB0,HC,HC8,HH,HI,HK,HL,
> HM,HP,HR,HS,HZ,I,IG9,IS,IT9,J2,J3,J5,J7,JA,JD/o,
> JT,JW,JX,JY,K,KH0,KH2,KH6,KL,KP2,KP4,LA,LU,LX,LY,
> LZ,OA,OD,OE,OH,OH0,OJ0,OK,OM,ON,OY,OZ,P2,P4,PA,
> PJ2,PJ7,PY,PY0F,PZ,S0,S2,S5,S9,SM,SP,ST,SU,SV,SV5,
> SV9,T2,T32,T7,T8,T9,TA,TA1,TF,TG,TI,TI9,TK,TL,TR,
> TU,TZ,UA,UA2,UA9,UK,UN,UR,V2,V4,V5,V7,V8,VE,VK,
> VP2M,VP2V,VP5,VP6,VP8/h,VP8/o,VP9,VQ9,VR,VU,XE,XT,XU,XW,YB,
> YI,YJ,YK,YL,YN,YO,YS,YU,YV,Z2,Z3,ZA,ZB,ZC4,ZD7,
> ZD8,ZD9,ZF,ZK1/s,ZL,ZL7,ZP,ZS
>
> DXCC Entities List is based on the following
> calls being spotted:
>
> 3B8 3B8CF
> 3C 3C2MV
> 3C0 3C0/3C2
> 3V 3V8BB
> 3W XV9DT
> 4J 4K7Z
> 4L 4L8A
> 4S 4S7NS
> 4U1I 4U1ITU
> 4U1V 4U1VIC
> 4X 4X4JU
> 5A 5A8BE
> 5B H2E
> 5H 5H3RK
> 5N 5N6EAM
> 5R 5R8GT
> 5T 5T5SN
> 5U 5U7/FM
> 5V 5V7BR
> 5W 5W0VF
> 5X 5X1CW
> 5Z 5Z4DZ
> 6W 6V6U
> 6Y 6Y0A
> 7Q 7Q7PS
> 7X 7X2LS
> 8P 8P5A
> 8R 8R1WD
> 9A 9A7A
> 9H 9H0A
> 9J 9J2BO
> 9K 9K9X
> 9L 9L1DX
> 9M2 9M2TO
> 9M6 9M6NA
> 9N 9N7YJ
> 9Q 9S1X
> 9V 9V1YC
> 9Y 9Y4VU
> A3 A35RK
> A4 A45XR
> A5 A52R
> A6 A61AJ
> A9 A92ZE
> AP AP2IA
> BV BX4AF
> BY BD5WW
> C2 C21SIX/B
> C3 C35M
> C5 C53M
> C6 C6AJX
> CE 3G1X
> CE0A CA0YAM
> CE0Z CE0ZIS
> CE9 R1ANC
> CM CO2JD
> CN CN2R
> CP CP6XE
> CT CT8T
> CT3 CT9L
> CU CU/DJ9RR
> CX CX9AU
> CY0 CY0MM
> D2 D2BB
> D4 D4B
> DL DF0HQ
> DU 4G1A
> EA EA7AJR
> EA6 EA6/DL1GGT
> EA8 EA8/OH2NC
> EA9 EA9EU
> EI EI4BZ
> EL EL2AR
> EP EP2FM
> ER ER6A
> ES ES6Q
> EU EU1UN
> EX EX2A
> EY EY8MM
> F F1NSR
> FG FG5XC
> FH FH/DL5CF
> FJ FSK441
> FK FK8GN
> FM FM5BH
> FO FO5JV
> FR FR0G
> FY FY5GS
> G M0ORE
> GD GD4EIP
> GI GI5W
> GJ GJ2A
> GM GM4SID
> GU MU5X
> GW GW7X
> H4 H44SAT
> HA HG1S
> HB HB9FBE
> HB0 HB0/DK3KD
> HC HC2SL
> HC8 HC8N
> HH HH2LU
> HI HI3LFE
> HK HK5QGX
> HL HL1EJT
> HM P5A
> HP HP3XBH
> HR HQ3J
> HS E20HHK
> HZ HZ1AB
> I IK2UCK
> IG9 IG9A
> IS IS0SEL/P
> IT9 IT9VCE/P
> J2 J28UN
> J3 J3A
> J5 J57XGN
> J7 J75A
> JA JH7XGN
> JD/o JD1BIA
> JT JT1CO
> JW JW0HU
> JX JX7SIX
> JY JY9QJ
> K K0RF
> KH0 KH0/JK2VOC
> KH2 AH2R
> KH6 KH6DV
> KL KL7WV
> KP2 WP2Z
> KP4 KP4US
> LA LN8W
> LU AY1DZ
> LX LX5A
> LY LY2OU
> LZ LZ2TU
> OA OA4WW
> OD OD5/OK1MU
> OE OE6MBG
> OH OH4A
> OH0 OH0Z
> OJ0 OJ0M
> OK OL5Q
> OM OM3OM
> ON ON4IA
> OY OY1CT
> OZ OZ0XX
> P2 P2F
> P4 P40Q
> PA PB6X
> PJ2 PJ2T
> PJ7 PJ5/K1NA
> PY PX2W
> PY0F PY0FF/B
> PZ PZ5RA
> S0 S07PM
> S2 S2G
> S5 S52A
> S9 S9MX
> SM SM5CEU
> SP SN7Q
> ST ST1DX
> SU SU9BN
> SV SV1BTR
> SV5 J45KLN
> SV9 SV9/LA4XFA
> T2 T2DX
> T32 T32Z
> T7 T77C
> T8 T88JA
> T9 T95A
> TA TA3BN
> TA1 TA1EQ
> TF TF3IRA
> TG TG4/W0IZ
> TI TI5N
> TI9 TI9JJP
> TK TK5EP
> TL TL8SB
> TR TR8CA
> TU TU2CI
> TZ TZ6JA
> UA RK3RWT/M
> UA2 RW2F
> UA9 RX9TX
> UK UK9AA
> UN UN5J
> UR UZ8M
> V2 V26K
> V4 V47KP
> V5 V51AS
> V7 V73GT
> V8 V8YYY
> VE VY2TT
> VK VK4UC
> VP2M VP2MEG
> VP2V VP2V
> VP5 VP5V
> VP6 VP6V
> VP8/h R1ANF
> VP8/o LU1ZA
> VP9 VP9/W6PH
> VQ9 VQ9X
> VR VR2BG
> VU VU2LX
> XE XE1KK
> XT XT2DX
> XU XU9DT
> XW XW1IC
> YB YB0ECT
> YI YI9OM
> YJ YJ8MN
> YK YK1AO
> YL YL2JN
> YN HT9T
> YO YO3APJ
> YS YS1EJ
> YU YT9X
> YV YV4GLD
> Z2 Z22JE
> Z3 Z37A
> ZA ZA1B
> ZB ZB2JO
> ZC4 ZC4DW
> ZD7 ZD7MY
> ZD8 ZD8A
> ZD9 ZD9BV
> ZF ZF2NT
> ZK1/s ZK1JD
> ZL ZL1BD
> ZL7 ZL7QH
> ZP ZP6T
> ZS ZS6DTS
>
> Note 1: DX Spot Totals do NOT include looping or
> duplicate spots. Because we feel accuracy
> is more important than Big Numbers.
>
> DX Spot Totals DO include lottsa spots sucked
> into the network from a web cluster by somebodys
> robot spot sucker. But our dupe checker dumps all
> the dupes they suck, so what the heck.
>
> The total number of spots converts to:
>
> 11.14375 spots per minute
> 1 spot every 5.384 seconds
>
> Which is probably enuff to keep the average Contester
> pretty busy........
>
> Note 2: DXCC Entities Totals are for what the are
> worth. Because there isn't a day goes by that
> somebody doesn't spot some bogus stuff.
>
> Note 3: An unusually high number of spots/users from any
> particular node MIGHT indicate that the node
> is sucking spots from an HTML internet cluster.
> Or maybe the node operator is paying users 25
> cents a spot to send spots. Hard to tell which.
>
> In order to help you understand what SPOT SUCKING
> means, look at these stats:
>
> N6ST 799 spots from 5 users
> K1XX 644 spots from 9 users
> K4JA 607 spots from 16 users
>
> Those nodes sent a lot of spots. But their user number
> (people logged on to the node) is realistic. So all their
> spots were probably actually generated by real people using
> their nodes.
>
> Now look at these guys:
>
> F5MZN-3 2,625 spots from 560 users
> K1TTT-14 1,333 spots from 732 users
>
> There were 454 cluster nodes active, and 2,932 users.
> Which means the average node would have 6 or 7 users.
> Which is probably about right, judging from what we've
> historically seen since the invention of the DX cluster.
>
> Ain't no cluster node in the whole wide world that has
> 732 users logged on (25% of the users in the WHOLE
> WORLD on the same node). So what K1TTT is doing is this:
>
> He gets spots from a web source, like OH2BUA's Web
> Clutter, or the Chatty Children's Channel on IRC. But
> when he gets the spot, he only gets:
>
> Date, Time, DX Call, Freq, Comment, Sender's Call
>
> The Web Clutter doesn't tell you what NODE the spot
> was sent from, so he has to insert HIS call into the
> NODE field (or leave it blank like some other idiot is
> doing).
>
> Why would anybody SUCK SPOTS ? Simple. Because their
> network is so weak they are worried about missing spots.
> They have to boost their traffic count by sucking spots
> from places their network doesn't connect to.
>
> Obviously, F5MZN and K1TTT SUCK.
>
> Some people still think MORE is BETTER. Even when it's way
> too much to digest.
>
> Note 69: 2,393 spots received with NO NODE in the originating
> node field. Sucked by somebody from somewhere, probably,
> or else somebody's cluster software is real broken.
>
> For a CUSTOM report of DX spot activity, send $.50 and a boxtop
> from any Yaesu radio to:
>
> Spots We Gots
> P.O. Box 88
> Radio City Music Hall
> New York, New Jersey 00323
>
> 73, and good DX. Jim, KH2D
>
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