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"Hans" == groupk0hb writes:

Hans "Jack Twilley" wrote

Jack If it is, NCI should be raising holy hell about the pro-code
Jack conspiracy behind all these contests, right?

Hans One NCI Director calls contests "electronic splat ball".
Hans Actually, I kinda like that description. One of my grandsons
Hans asked about contesting, and I used that metaphor. Now he wants
Hans to multi-op with me in this years SS.

Contests mean different things to different people, as you make clear
with your postscript.

Hans I regularly work both weekends of SS (CW one weekend, Phone two
Hans weeks later). Both are scored the same way, each two-way
Hans contact counts for 2 points (a message sent and a message
Hans received). Personally I enjoy the CW weekend more, but
Hans invariably score higher on Phone weekend, simply because I can
Hans copy CW at only about 45 WPM, and voice at about 300WPM.

If you were the average ham, Hans, and the purpose of the point
multiplier was to balance out the speeds, then the multiplier would
have to be 6 to be "fair". Personally, my multiplier right now would
have to be 20, but it's a goal of mine to get it down to 2 someday.

Hans 73, de Hans, K0HB

Hans PS: If you don't like keyers, you ain't gonna make it
Hans contesting.

We definitely have different goals in contesting. I don't care about
beating anyone else. When I enter a contest, my goal is to collect as
many points as possible without losing sight of why I'm there -- to
have fun, and to become a better operator.

What's your goal?

Jack.
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jmt at twilley dot org
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