At 11:44 AM 23 11 2007, Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:
>Have any of the major contest sponsors considered an expanded
>"single band" category in the contests? The JIDX contest or
>something like that has expanded categories which allow you to have
>a high band category (10, 15 and 20 meters) and a low band category
>(40, 80, and 160 meters). The Russia DX Contest allows for two
>single band entries from one station. It might help generate some activity.
In 1984 I submitted the following to the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee:
I propose that multiple, mutually-exclusive entries by a single
station be permitted in ARRL contests.
For example a station would be permitted to submit separate CW-only,
Phone-only, and Mixed logs in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest. The only
additional restriction beyond current rules would be that multiple
entries would have to be transparent to other stations in the
contest. For instance, a station worked on CW for a CW-only entry
could not be worked again on CW for a mixed entry because the worked
station would consider it a dupe.
Other examples include multiple single-band entries in the DX Contest.
Such a scheme would result in more contest activity and encourage
more log submissions.
end quote.
After twenty-three years, I still think it is a good idea. Who wants
to be the first to win first-place certificates for both 160 meters
and 10 meters in the same DX Contest?
73,
Hank, W6SX
Mammoth Lakes, California
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