So, I guess the NA Sprints should be extended to 48 hours by this argument?
Heck, why not a full 7-day week and we can see who the real contesters are.
Or, at least go back to the old ARRL DX Contest format of two 48-hour
weekends. Having 30-minute sprints, 4-hour sprints, 10-hour NAQPs, 24 hour
Sweepstakes, 30 hour WPXs and lots of 48-hour contests is a wonderful
diversity of competitions for our hobby. Just like there are 100-yard
dashes and marathons and everything in between. And, no, the same athletes
don't win all these different formats.
73,
Ed - W0YK
KQ2M emoted:
> Yes, every decade this topic comes up again. And again.
> And again, like that greasy Cheeseburger that just won't
> digest properly, and keeps causing Reflector heartburn.
>
> For me, contesting is about OPERATING and working guys,
> EVERYWHERE and on multiple bands. The more q's the merrier.
> I don't need no stinkin' offtime. (Well I do take an hour or
> two, but I still don't want offtime.)
>
> Can we have a show of hands for those contesters who feel
> that taking off-time in a contest is MORE fun than working guys?
>
> **What is the point of operating a contest where you are wide
> awake and bored because you CAN'T operate?**
>
> Contests are inherently unfair to sometime, somewhere.
> That's life. Do I get in a snit because All Asia is "unfair"
> to the East coast? Heck I would love to run JA's and BY's
> and HL's and work 9V1, HS and V8 on 80 and 40. But I can't
> from CT and that's life.
>
> So should I post to the contest reflector to reduce the
> amount of hours of operating time so that I can get beaten by
> a smaller amount? What about the W6's and JA's who enjoy
> MORE hours to work each other? Should their fun be reduced
> because I can't partake in the same manner? Maybe I should
> petition so that I can work US stations while the 6's run JA's?
>
> While were on the subject, no New England station can compete
> with WP3R, N Mexico or Colorado is SS. We can become more
> competitive with them if we reduce the operating time to 18
> hours, so we won't run out of stations as fast and they won't
> have an extra 6 hours to "run up the score". That will also
> have the POSITIVE effect of reducing the incredibly boring
> Sunday afternoon SS periods when even they are bored out of
> their minds, scrapping for 1 qso every
> 2 minutes!
>
> But this is NONSENSE! They will still beat us, just by a
> smaller amount. Who is kidding who? Do I complain that SS is
> an unfair contest for New England?
> PUHLEAAAAASSSSSSSEEE!
>
> Years ago, on THIS reflector, I very vocally supported the
> idea of working US for points, and petitioned N8BJQ for the change.
> I did so even though "in theory" that would be giving up a
> perceived advantage for New England vs the rest of the
> country. In legal terms that is called a "Statement against
> interest".
>
> So why did I do it? BECAUSE IT MADE THE CONTEST BETTER FOR
> EVERYONE! EVERYONE gets to work stateside now. More q's,
> more mults, higher rates, more activity, and MORE FUN FOR EVERYONE!
>
> Those horrendous dead times on Sunday afternoon have been
> eliminated, when you could turn on the radio and drive a pack
> of maritime nets through the massive holes on the low end of
> 15 and 20 meters. THAT WAS FUN?
>
> Nothing kills operating enthusiasm faster than hearing a band
> open and discovering that there is NO ONE TO WORK because
> they are taking OFF-TIME! Radio gets shut off for the
> weekend and other things get done. No more contest. Loss of
> activity. This is a good idea? NOT!!
>
> What am I supposed to do come upstairs and play with my
> daughter while I wait for the offtime to expire?
> Once I start playing with her, you really think I want to go
> back downstairs and play radio again?
>
> Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but a little
> self-control is warranted. The object of proposed rule
> changes should be to INCREASE ACTIVITY, INCREASE FUN and
> INCREASE SCORE! Artificially REDUCING activity, KILLS fun
> and score, and is a VERY BAD IDEA!
>
> It is time to let the Cheeseburger finish digesting and be
> PERMANENTLY eliminated in the natural way.
>
> 73
> Bob KQ2M kq2m@earthlink.net
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