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Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?

To: jimk8mr@aol.com, cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?
From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 10:47:25 -0500
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A rule change to permit the appearance of additional activity, by manufacturing 
contacts under a second or third or fourth callsign?


Doesn't strike me as a good idea.


I think a better idea would be to try and recruit more people to operate in 
Sweepstakes.  In other words, actually increase activity with an increase in 
operators, not an increase merely in callsigns.


73, ron W3WN





-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
To: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 10:17 am
Subject: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?

For all who stuck it out to the bitter end in SS, it is clear that it is time 
for a rules update for ARRL contests, specifically doing away with general 
rules 3.3 and 3.5:3.3.An operator may not use more than one call sign from any 
given location during the contest period.3.5.A transmitter used to contact one 
or more stations may not be subsequently used under any other call during the 
contest period, except for family stations where more than one call has been 
issued, and then only if the second call sign is used by a different operator. 
(The intent of this rule is to accommodate family members who must share a rig 
and to prohibit manufactured or artificial contacts.)------------------------As 
many of you are aware, for many years I’ve been doing “Single Operator Multi 
Station” efforts in SS, typically operating from four different stations in an 
effort to turn SS into a 24 hour ratefest. Now that I’m a Florida snowbird, 
that has been reduced to two efforts, this year a QRP effort as K8MR with the 
KX3 from a waterfront parking area, and a LP effort with the K3 from the condo 
as W3USA.It was a lot more fun to be working people in the second effort from 
W3USA who I had previously worked from K8MR. I’m sure nobody was bothered that 
I gave them an extra QSO by using two stations.My take is that these rules were 
put in many years ago to prevent “manufactured” contacts by friends, fellow 
club members or whoever. In the days of paper logs that may have made sense. 
But with today’s log checking it is a lot easier to find suspicious 
manufactured contacts. Even though a person “ manufacturing” a few QSOs is not 
likely to send in a log of those QSOs.Some reasonable limits might be in order, 
such as a minimum off time from a previous call before it could be used again, 
or even not allowing any return to using a previous call. But if a few hundred 
people were to decide on Sunday afternoon (or whenever) to fire up their 
stations with a new call, and have fun running some good rates while giving the 
full time folks new people somebody to work, would anybody really mind? 73  -  
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