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April 27th 04, 07:22 PM
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Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Morse and Contests From: Mike Coslo Date: 4/27/2004 7:34 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: Idly musing, I thought of this a few moments ago. It isn't a CW testing question, but is related by being a CW operating question. With the likely demise of Morse code testing, is there any reason to have contests give double the points for Morse code contacts? Sure...why not? It requires some REAL skill to do. In this regard, as in any other pursuit in life, greater skill should be rewarded. True it does take some skill. But if we use Field day as an example, there is so much else going on that I find it hard to make special compensations for certain modes. I would make an exception for "demonstration modes" such as the lesser used modes such as sat ops, feld-hell, etc. I'd use these as multipliers though. While of course all contest rules are inherently arbitrary, does it make sense to have one mode of contact be "more equal" than others? Not "more equal"...Just better compensation. As a Nurse with my experience, credentials and skills, I expect to be compensated accordiningly. So why not be "compensated" in a contest that required using honed skills, too...?!?! Put another way, if you think that CW contacts should be worth double points, is it fair to have say, PSK31 contacts worth the same double points such as in Field day? Our GOTA station racked up a fair number of points operating PSK31, and it was certainly no more difficult than operating Phone. And how long would it take a "new" Ham to master using a keyboard? We had a kid come on and operate psk31 almost immediately. It was amazing. I had picked it up quickly, but I did some reading beforehand. This young fellow was operating like a pro in no time. In fact, I'm modifying the setup for next year to allow more of the PSK frequencies for the GOTA. The kid was transfixed, and sat patiently working 14.070 until he had worked the band clean. I've seen a number of cases where a phone operator has worked hard and logged a lot of QSO's, only to be beaten by a CW op with little more than half that number. Shudda been on the paddles! hehe Seriously, though...Most contests differentiatemodes in awards... Just seems like the ones I participate in give double for the CW. I'll need to look some more. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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