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Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW is a Great Contest -- NOT

To: k9yc@arrl.net, cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW is a Great Contest -- NOT
From: ku8e <ku8e@ku8e.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:04:37 -0500
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Just because someone wants to operate remotely doesn't make them any lesser of 
an operator. In fact I would make the argument that someone operating at home 
has an advantage over someone that is operating remotely. Those internet drops 
and other problems that you have to fix remotely always seem to come at the 
worse time. I've setupPJ4A four times this year for K4BAI so I have lots of 
experience in this area. We really would've liked to have operated PJ4A as a 
multi-op in CQWW like we always do but there was no way for us to be 
competitive with one radio so that's why we did single bands. Sure you could 
setup a two station remote but that can get very expensive. All the amplifiers 
you can control remotely aren't cheap! I have lots of respect to those who can 
score high while operating remotely.  Just look at what N6MJ did in CQWW 
CW.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> 
Date: 12/4/20  9:30 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: 
[CQ-Contest] CQWW is a Great Contest -- NOT On 12/2/2020 5:08 PM, 
rjairam@gmail.com wrote:> Some of the west coast is now remoting out East now, 
so what's the problem?A large part of the fun for me is doing it from a station 
that I built, and I have greater respect for guys like my neighbor K6XX who 
built all of his, than for guys who haven't done that, just that walk in and 
operate. When Bob lost his home and station in a wildfire three months ago, I 
offered him my station for any test that he chose to operate. He thanked me, 
but instead said he wanted to work from what he could rebuild on the ruins.My 
point here is that contest scoring rules should not strongly favor one region 
over another, but it's obvious from where I sit that the rules strongly favor 
the people who make them. K6XX has made to a couple of WRTCs, and during the 
one in Boston, he had the chance to operate someone's station there (not as a 
WRTC competitor). He told me on his return that it was a completely different 
contest. THAT'S the problem.And, I repeat, CQWW IS a very simple-minded 
contest. All you have to do is get the call right and the logging software does 
the rest for the vast majority of stations you're going to work. Yes, US, VE, 
VK, and Russia are exceptions. Compare that to a contest like SS where you 
actually have to copy something the logging program doesn't tell you.73, Jim 
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