[Cwo] [Fwd: Re: You are invited to the CW Open - Autoforwarded]

[Alan Maenchen]

That's great!
Yes, answering such complaints means a lot in terms of "customer support".

I'll share this with the rest of the CWO team. They may be hit up with (or
hear of) similar complaints.
Frankly, I'm really pleasantly surprised that this rule doesn't bring a LOT
more debate.

73, Alan  AD6E





On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:08 PM, <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:

> Since mine is the "return email address" I get stuff like this...
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Re: You are invited to the CW Open - Autoforwarded
> From:    "Terry Burkholder" <n4tb at tnni.net>
> Date:    Tue, 26 June, 2012 1:13 pm
> To:      k6rb at baymoon.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> When you change the rules to make it a real contest I will participate.
>
>    * Packet, Skimmer, and Reverse Beacon systems are allowed!
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> That's the second one I've gotten questioning the "packet, skimmer, RBN
> allowed" provision.
>
> In Terry's case I wrote...
>
> Terry,
>
> The results from the first running showed that using packet, etc., had
> almost no bearing on score. Because of the scoring scheme, multipliers are
> given to unique calls once per session - whether they are at your antipode
> or around the corner. So, all the advantages of prefixes, zones, DXCC
> countries go by the wayside. So, too, do the advantages of beams, yagis
> and amplifiers.
>
> This contest was developed to do a few things:
> - allow someone to be competitive without having to kill a whole weekend
> - allow someone with 100 watts and monoband dipole to be competitive in a
> 4-hour session
> - provide a nearly level playing field in all three ITU zones
> - get rid of predictable exchanges (5nn 3 or whatever) and have people
> copy a serial number and name
>
> Terry, of course you're entitled to your opinions and preferences but CW
> Open was not meant to compete with CQ WW or ARRL DX. It was meant to be
> its own unique radiosport event, and for a first-time showing in 2011, it
> did quite well.
>
> I'm sorry you won't participate, but I'm sure that others will.
>
> Take care,
>
> Rob K6RB
>
>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I wrote an even more pleasant response to Hall, W1NN...and he replied,
> "thanks for taking the time to reply, I will participate if I can."
>
> So, there you have it. Only two complaints about "packets, skimmers, and
> RBN."
>
> Rob K6RB
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