AW: [Elecraft] EQ Party or Contest?

[Deinhardt, Toby]

Hallo All!

> To make it more mixed up, Rule #8A (there are only 8 rules) says, "QSOs are
> encouraged." But they aren't. It is obvious from the scoring system that
> maximum number of contacts is encouraged, not QSOs (I take QSO to mean
> chatting with somebody, not completing a contest exchange in 40 or 45
> seconds & calling QRZ?)

I'm not sure I really see the conflict. Assuming that some 3000 K2 have actually
been built and 2000 K1 (I have no real idea how many K1 have been sold), that
would give you a grand total of 5000 stations. I highly doubt that all 5000
will take part, more likely it will be 500 to 750 stations. In other words,
a fairly small number when compared with the "real" contests. I doubt that many
will work more than 200 QSOs, which leaves plenty of time for a short chat
per station (c. 7 minutes). Even if you work 800 stations (non-stop) you still 
have about 2 minutes per QSO, i.e. for a tiny bit more than wham, bam, 5nn, 
thank you mam. 


> What about changing the rules next year so EQP can be either a contest or a
> party, or both? One way to accomplish that would be to allow points per QSO
> to keep growing the longer the QSO continues. 

Nice idea - I think this is worth thinking about.


vy 73 de toby

PS: I will be QRV from Munich from our Club Station, DK0MN ... hpe 2 cu