The thread lives
Am I the only one who is seeing this the other way around (like I usually
do)......I see the adjust speed feature as a plus to make potentially
mucho-QRQ (aka REAL FAST) QSOs possible without having to adjust the speed
control up then back to normal.....I want this for the fast guys, like N4RN!
olde jim
K4OJ
>From aa0cy@robertwanderer.gardnerville.nv.us (Robert Wanderer) Sun Nov 10
>22:16:03 1996
From: aa0cy@robertwanderer.gardnerville.nv.us (Robert Wanderer) (Robert
Wanderer)
Subject: SS CW scores were down - WHY?
Message-ID: <01BBD0BF.363E3CC0@robertwanderer.gardnerville.nv.us>
One solution would be to:
Push CW SS back a week so there's a weekend in-between SSB WW and
CW SS. Push SSB SS to early December (where ARRL 10 is now; push
that contest into early January). Therefore, you now have at least one =
weekend
between SSB WW, CW SS, CW WW, and SSB SS. The ARRL 160 can stay
where it is as I believe most people operate only during darkness.
73, Bob AA0CY
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From: Randy Thompson[SMTP:k5zd@ultranet.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 1996 6:27 AM
To: CQ-CONTEST@tgv.com
Subject: RE: SS CW scores were down - WHY?
I too noticed that activity was down. I was surprised when several =
stations made comments that they thought it was better! Maybe it =
depended on where you were.
We can all agress that big scores come from lots of part time =
participants. What encourages these people to stay on longer?
- Participation awards (rewards). SS has these but I sure didn't have =
the "feeling" that there were lots of people chasing these this year =
(not enough low numbers in the log). Have they worn out their interest?
- Success (i.e. good conditions). This is where we got hurt the most. =
Saturday night was horrible. Bad QRN on 80. Long skip on both 80 and =
especially 40. Weak signals. The guys who normally get on in the early =
part of the contest just didn't stick around. Of course, they did all =
work K1ZX who was booming in all night on 40. Any of them that showed =
up on Sunday found a long 40m band, 20 that was wall to wall phase =
noise, and 15 with few signals. Again, not much reason to stick it out.
- Trade off with CQWW. I have a theory that the better the CQWW Phone =
contest is the weekend before, the less activity there is in SS CW. =
Most "normal" people can't devote lots of time two weekends in a row. =
WW is first, DXing is more fun, so they spend their time there. One of =
the best record setting SS contests ever was when the calender gave us a =
weekend off between WW and SS.
Interested to see if others have any ideas. If we can determine the =
problem, then a "marketing" solution may be possible.
Randy, K5ZD
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From: K1to@aol.com[SMTP:K1to@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 1996 5:48 PM
To: CQ-CONTEST@tgv.com
Subject: SS CW scores were down - WHY?
As usual, I had fun in SS CW this year. Hearty thanks to the White =
family
for hosting me for my first Florida SS operation...
Clearly, scores were down this year. This holds true in all categories.
WHY?
With such good A and K-indices, were conditions too good? I read =
several
postings that alluded to DX calling in more than usual. =20
Were there other factors that affected activity levels? I and many =
others
noticed a significant drop in rates on Sunday. Was the weather =
particularly
nice up north, leading to outdoor activities replacing SS for the casual
participants? (I can ask that, being a Floridian now!)? Were the =
football
games particularly interesting? Was 60 Minutes more riveting than =
normal?
Are we just so increasingly efficient that we can work each other =
quicker and
quicker each year? (Jim and I went to sleep with #968 in the log, I =
think.)
On CW especially, there is a finite number of QSOs available. =
Nonetheless,
that would not account for why there were 100+ more stations to work =
last
year.
Are we just at the bottom of the sunspot cycle and SS is just not =
appealing
any more?
Is it, as one poster suggested a while back, related at all to the
announcement in QST?
This has the potential to be an interesting thread. As soon as it =
doesn't,
please refrain from posting...
73, Dan, K1TO/4 (opr. at K1ZX Multi-Single)
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