[PaQSO] I disagree

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:14:33 -0400

But the only thing constant is change...

Maybe an "easy" clean sweep is PAQP's victim of its own success.  It is an
enjoyable contest to work and the break period is nice.  This has drawn many
into its fold and given us the opportunity to get that clean sweep.  I was 50%
of the way there in the first three hours of last year's and missed by only
two.  I could not believe the multiplier chart, but there they were.  We all
have to say thanks to those that hit the road

If you can do the double sweep of SSB and CW, then -- in my opinion -- an award
is appropriate.

Now a question,  are portables eligible for the county certificate?  If not, I
agree with Dick that that's not right.  You may never break a sweat but running
portable is a lot of work as compared to hitting the power switch on your home
station.  I am already running everything I'll need radio wise for heading out
to CLI this year.  I will be even setting up the station in my backyard the week
before to double check.  If I forget something, I probably will not have the
luxury of running to Radio Shack to get it.  Whereas the home station is ready
to go at a moments notice.  I say, if your in the county and you get the top
score for it, you get the certificate.

-- Mark N3GNW

Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:

> My, how times have changed...
>
> How many of you remember when a county clean sweep was not possible because
> not all 67 counties were active?  Or when all of the results fit on both
> sides of ONE piece of paper (I still have a few of those in the filing
> cabinet!)?   Heck, I remember when the contest was in SEPTEMBER -- and why
> it was moved, which turned out to be one of the best things that ever
> happened to it.
>
> Have we gone from the days when a Clean Sweep was something to celebrate to
> something considered so "routine" that it's not challenging ENOUGH?
>
> I've come close, in the 25+ years I've operated (from club stations, from
> home, mobile or portable) but never quite made one yet.   Still, it is
> easier to work one than it once was.
>
> So, I could go along with a "double sweep" recognition -- one all phone, one
> all CW -- as an endorsement to the regular sweep, but that's about it.
> Three awards seems a bit excessive.
>
> And I'll be out there looking again this October.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "And they give you cash,
> which is just as good as money!"
> Yogi Berra, AFLAC Commercial, 2002
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Raymer <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:30 PM
> Subject: [PaQSO] I disagree
>
> >I think it was Jim, K8MR that mentioned working all 67 county's on SSB
> AND
> >CW to qualify for the sweep award, and as a new set of 67 mults also.
> Seems
> >we've generated so much activity that getting the sweep is a little on
> the
> >easy side now. I've been lucky enough to get the sweep 5 or 6  years
> >running...but seems I get it rather late in the contest each year. How
> >about "Worked all countys CW AND SSB", or maybe two separate awards
> >(worked
>
> A Little Easy??????? I don't think it is easy to get a sweep when you
> have mobiles that activate counties that have been dead for hours. Plus
> you have a few that Run mobile QRP, making it worse for everyone to work
> them.  Easy, This called being at the right time in the right place and
> having your Packet DX cluster on! I  think it is a good idea to have 3
> categories for the sweep, one for CW, SSB and one for Both.
>
> Another thing, i hate to get like most other contests like FD or
> something like that, but i think the possibility of adding a digital mode
> to the Test would be interesting as well.
>
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