[PVRCNC] New ARRL "sections"

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:11:40 +0000

Wal, if we were gonna do that, my personal preference would be to go
the K.I.S.S.  route: a station can be worked once on every band.

73, Howie

Guy Olinger, K2AV said the following on 11/26/03 4:03 PM:

>How about if every station could be worked a second time after 7am EST
>Sunday. That would force people to divide their time carefully between
>Saturday and Sunday. Multipliers still accumulate the entire contest.
>
>Would also turn Sunday into a free-for-all as every station becomes
>fresh meat for Sunday.
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>Would turn Saturday afternoon into urgent time for coast-to-coast on
>highbands, because working them Sunday is the time for the SECOND
>wave.
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>Would also create a single day 12 out of 15 class for those who
>couldn't do the entire test. Start the 15 hours anytime with the first
>QSO, and work 12 hours out of the next 15. If someone starts the 15
>hours late, the 7am Sunday rollover still applies. Would be some
>thinking to see when to start the 15 hours to max out.
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>The various contesting programs would still work, whether updated or
>not, just start it over at 7am. Then do the mults later. Usually by
>the first 15 hours there's a very short list of missing mults. Easily
>tracked.
>
>Maybe just try it on CW to start.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "H Hoyt" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:54 AM
>Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] New ARRL "sections"
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>>Uh, how 'bout shortening the length of the SS ? ;-)
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>>73, Howie
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>>Jim Jordan K4QPL said the following on 11/26/03 2:18 AM:
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>>>>If nothing else, it will guarantee that nobody gets a clean sweep.
>>>>The ARRL will save money by not having to buy clean sweep cups.
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>>>I know your comments were TIC, but actually ARRL makes money on the
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>clean
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>>>sweep mugs. They don't give them away!
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>>>Seriously, I wish we could come up with something to help SS out of
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>its
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>>>downward decline. Maybe not full band mults like the QSO parties,
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>but
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>>>something like allowing you to work stations again on 10 or 160 for
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>QSO
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>>>points only.
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>>>That would give the multi stations more to do, and give the U
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>stations a few
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>>>more fish in the barrels to shoot.
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>>>>73 de Brian/K3KO
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