"The CQ contest is less important and hence people perceive that there
is less at stake and don't care so much?"
I am curious as to what is at stake! This is a hobby not a profession.
Ken
KA2LIM
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Cc: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:25 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Contesting Philosophy
> Ron - You wrote:
>
> "... can someone tell me why the CQ Contest rules never seem to come
> up for discussion on this list?"
>
> Sure. It is only two bands, 6M and 2M. Both bands have the same point
> value.
> So, the multiplicative effect of multipliers from one band to another
> does not occur significantly as there are only 2 bands involved, not
> 10 or 12. And the higher QSO points on the microwave bands are not
> multiplied by large numbers of grid multipliers on the lower bands.
> It is strictly a VHF contest. You don't need lots of microwave gear to
> be competitive.
> There are fewer participants so there are fewer people to complain.
> Perhaps the fewer participants constitute the more hardcore VHF
> contesters and hence they are happy to be out competing with the rules
> that exist rather than complaining that someone who finished ahead of
> them did so by exploiting loopholes in the rules.
> The CQ contest is less important and hence people perceive that there
> is less at stake and don't care so much?
> The rules are simpler, more straight forward, all in one place,
> published in a magazine, and hence there is less to complain about.
> It is conducted by a for profit organization that has no motives other
> than to sell magazines and web ads rather than a nonprofit
> organization that feels it has a responsibility to make sure that it
> is responsive to its members and whose members complain when they
> don't get their own way. Plus the usual electro-political machinations
> that, for good or bad, drive those involved in predominately volunteer
> nonprofit organizations are missing from the sponsors.
> Or some combination of the above. But I suspect that you knew most of
> what I wrote. :^)= - Duffey
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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