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Re: [CQ-Contest] Kill 0,1,2,3 and go for just 3 points

To: Shelby Summerville <k4ww@twc.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Kill 0,1,2,3 and go for just 3 points
From: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Rudy Bakalov <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:44:46 -0400
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So what exactly is the purpose of the exchange? If it's getting in the way we 
might as well get rid of it.

Rudy N2WQ

Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate 
autocorrect.


> On Jul 20, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Shelby Summerville <k4ww@twc.com> wrote:
> 
> Rudy, with all due respect, IMHO making the exchange more difficult only 
> discourages the "casual" participants, especially those that will send in a 
> log?
> Those that don't send in their log, couldn't care less. Case in point: My CW 
> is mediocre, at best, but I still get on during SSCW, just to give out some 
> points. I know what I should be sending, as the exchange, but couldn't care 
> less what they send to me, as I have no intention of submitting a log.
> 
> C'ya, Shelby
> 
> As I don't have an iPhone, nor an iPad, sent from my PC
> 
> ---- Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote: 
>> While the focus so far has been on scoring, let's not forget about the 
>> current exchange, which requires zero skills. I'd like to propose an 
>> alternative so that ops actually pay attention to what's being sent. Some 
>> examples include the following:
> 1) Serial number2) Serial number plus the serial number of the previous QSO3) 
> Grid locator plus the grid locator of the previous QSO
> The exchange should be something that cannot be pre-populated in a history 
> file.
> 
> Rudy N2WQ      
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