"Everyone makes their own choice about how to operate the contest and
whether to submit a log or not."
That's a pretty arrogant statement. You operate the way we want for you
to be competitive and if you don't want to then don't send in your log.
The fact is there's now only one SO category - SO Assisted. Take it or
leave it. Sure you can operate SO without assistance but with the
current rules you couldn't be competitive in that category unless you
used assistance. I think the solution to the problem would be to expand
the classic category from 24 to 36 hours. Allow unlimited band changes (
Like the current SO category) so you can still do SO2R if you want.
Problem solved.... but if you think about it that's going back to the
old rules. It's pretty clear that many of the top single operators want
the old rules to come back based on the popularity of Unassisted
Challenge N6MJ and friends put together for CQ WPX.
I also question the statement that the CQ contests - both CQWW and CQ
WPX are really competitive around the whole world. Stations on the
continental boundaries with EU and NA have a huge advantage to these
high population areas. The winners from as far back as I remember are
either in North Africa or the northern part of South America. (i.e the
ABC islands) The distance from north Africa to the center of Europe is
probably the same as it is from my QTH to New England. They get 6
points per low band QSO and 3 points for the higher bands. I took a look
at a log (public information) for a big gun northern Africa station from
CQWW out of curiosity. It was basically a EU rate fest for them with a
spattering of NA stations thrown in. What about the poor JA's? They have
to work stations pretty far way on a far away continent to get more than
one measly point on the higher bands and 2 points on the lower bands.
So if I'm in CN8 and work an EA just across the Strait of Gibraltar
(maybe 50 miles away or less?) I get 6 points on 160,80, 40 and 3 points
on 20, 15 and 10 meters. In contrast if I'm in JA and work a 5B4 in
Cyprus (5500 miles away and still is Asia) I get one point on 20/15/10
and two points on 160/80/40. This makes no sense to me.
Jeff
On 5/3/2021 01:47 PM, Randy Thompson wrote:
The change that really impacted WPX SSB/CW was when the limit for single ops
went from 30 hours to 36 hours. This greatly limited the competitive
opportunities around the world. Those extra 6 hours provided more advantages
to the areas that had more hours to the population centers.
Regardless of your feelings about the recent rule changes, in the recent WPX
SSB the bands were full of activity and the log submissions were only down a
bit from last year (which had better conditions and was in the midst of the
Covid shutdowns).
Everyone makes their own choice about how to operate the contest and whether to submit
a log or not. And I guess, to complain as well. 😊
Randy K5ZD
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On Behalf
Of Jim Neiger
Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 4:40 AM
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Amen. I missed the page where it was written that these couple "contesters"
had the authority to screw up a once great contest.
Jim Neiger N6TJ
On 4/30/2021 6:22 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
They’ve screwed up their magazine. Now they’re working on their contests.
Utterly tone-deaf.
73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
________________________________
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com@contesting.com>
on behalf of wa1fcnbeaudoin <wa1fcn@charter.net>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 7:09:16 PM
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX Wonderings
GE All
So now that there is no distinction between assisted and
unassisted
in CQ WPX CW this month. If enter Single Band 40 using
assistance is
the category called Single Band 40 ? Then what happens to all
those Single Band 40
Assisted records. Or how about those guys who got their old
Single Band 40 records
with NO assistance and now I am going to use assistance.
Do the records just fade away like General MacArthur ?
BoB WA1FCN
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