I'm still puzzled why someone takes so vigourous a stand on so small an
issue.
WW is what it is. A rate fest. Most people are happy with that. It's a
proven formula for success. Remember, at its core, this contest is designed
to be as fun as possible for as many people as possible. The idea is to sell
magazines, remember? (Nothing is wrong with that. All sponsorship has as its
core the promotion of the host organization.)
I can accept WW for what it is and have an absolute blast doing so. I'd
probably have just as much fun if the report was more complicated, but that
would hurt participation at the lower levels of contesting commitment: the
casual ops who may or may not send in a log but who are so important to the
high levels of participation this contest enjoys.
WW works. I have yet to see evidence that a change in this area would have
anything but negative consequences.
Don't forget that the hard-core contester is only a part of WW's market.
This just seems like a lot of effort for not a lot of issue.
73, kelly
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>From KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG Tue Nov 26 04:42:19 2002
From: KØHB" <K0HB@ARRL.ORG (KØHB)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW - are signal reports optional?
References: <5.1.1.6.0.20021125230333.00ace930@130.94.229.242>
Message-ID: <007c01c29506$35de51e0$0110be3f@bigguy>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul O'Kane" <paul@ei5di.com>
> This is a theory that sounds plausible, but doesn't hold up in
> practice. I know, because I've had 750 contest QSOs in the last
> month, without giving reports, except to 4 stations who asked for
> it. None of them needed it - they all got the zone - perhaps they
> just couldn't adjust to the concept of a CQWW QSO without hearing
> "fini" or 5NN.
If you hadn't sent your zone, they'd have had that too, since the computer
already knows it. Except for a few contests (ARRL Sweepstakes being the shining
exception which comes to mind) all that needs to be correctly copied is your
callsign (and the cluster probably already gave them that). The notion that
contesting is a test of operator copying skill is as transparent as the emperors
new clothes.
ô¿ô 73, de Hans, K0HB
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