I thought the objection to the octopi was that the M/S stations in question
were CQing twice on the same band, once at the bottom and once at the top.
Dan was rapidly switching between two pileups on two different bands. He
was essentially running an interlocked M/2 by himself, without packet,
which is remarkable.
73, Chris WF3C
On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Igor Booklan <ra3auu@srr.ru> wrote:
> My sincere congratulations to Dan for such a great way of handling his
> runs!
>
> BUT ...
>
> Some few years ago when several M/S stations did so (octopus CQs) on
> the same band most of the people complained that those guys have taken
> too much of the bandwidth, so such CQs were prohibited straight after.
>
> 73, Harry RA3AUU/P33W
>
> > We get it. We totally get it and we think this is ultracool to watch. At
> least I did.
>
> > Fascinating. To us. I just hope nobody shares this video with
> > non-cons as a way to highlight how much fun contesting can be. Without
> the audio, and
> > to the uninitiated, Dan could look like an actuary frantically
> > filling in actuarial tables. I don't think a non-ham or non-con would
> see this as fun.
> > (Where are the explosions? How many respawns do you get?)
>
> > This is the kind of video that should be reserved for only those
> > contesters at or beyond Operating Thetan III levels!
>
> > Way to go, Dan. It's impressive how calmly you can bang off nearly eight
> Qs per minute.
>
> > 73, kelly
> > ve4xt
>
>
> > Sent from my iPad
>
> >> On Dec 2, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Joe <nss@mwt.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> That video is just incredible!
> >> I just wish it had what he was hearing in his headset on the audio.
> >>
> >> Joe WB9SBD
> >> Sig
> >> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> >> Idle Tyme
> >> Idle-Tyme.com
> >> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> >>> On 12/2/2015 5:50 AM, john@kk9a.com <javascript:;> wrote:
> >>> N6MJ/ZF2MJ blew away the top rate and had an incredible score in last
> >>> weekend's CQWW CW contest. He described how he did this in his 3830
> post
> >>> and you can watch him on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8nGGa99cE.
> >>>
> >>> John KK9A
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> To: Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com <javascript:;>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW High Rates
> >>> From: Roger Parsons via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >>> Reply-to: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com <javascript:;>>
> >>> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:17:21 +0000 (UTC)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Those high rates simply show well equipped stations with good operators
> >>>> who, by virtue of their >LOCATIONS and the SCORING RULES, are really
> IN the
> >>>> contest.
> >>>> 73, Jim K9YC
> >>> So if you were to have operated from a good station in an advantageous
> >>> location
> >>> you would have won this last weekend?
> >>>
> >>> RIGHT. Silly me for having one second imagined otherwise...
> >>>
> >>> 73 Roger
> >>> VE3ZI
> >>>
>
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