{"id":71,"date":"2010-10-13T21:22:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T01:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqwpx.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:01:28","slug":"2010-wpx-survey-results-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqwpx.com\/blog\/2010-wpx-survey-results-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 WPX Survey Results (part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In September, 2010, a survey on the WPX Contest was sent to everyone who had submitted a log in the 2010 WPX RTTY, SSB, and CW contests. Read part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a> first.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q. Today, the WPX RTTY contest has different rules from CW\/SSB. Should the WPX RTTY, CW, and SSB contests all have the same rules?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RTTY contesting is growing in popularity. We wanted to find out if participants felt that the three WPX contests should be brought together or kept separate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Count<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Percent<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1899<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40.84%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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No<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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852<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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18.32%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Don’t care<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1899<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40.84%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Total<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4650<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Digging a little deeper into only those respondents who said they operated RTTY, the results were a little different.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Count<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Percent<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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790<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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47.99%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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No<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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439<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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26.67%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Don’t care<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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417<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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25.33%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Total<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1646<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Several comments pointed out the obvious challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • I don’t want to have 1.8 MHz included in WPX RTTY because we have a very narrow band segment 1810-1850 kHz\u2026 and many low-band DXers would be very irritated!<\/span><\/li>\n
  • If we remove the ‘Assisted’ rules can be the same or almost the same<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Whilst RTTY was a ‘specialist’ mode, it didn’t matter. Now RTTY is ‘mainstream’ as it has become so easy with MixW, etc, it should be treated the same as the other ‘mainstream’ modes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The issue for WPX is that CW\/SSB and RTTY each started from different roots, have their own history and have good reasons for their (different) rules. The biggest issue is 30 vs. 36 hours.\u00a0 <\/span>Ironically, CW\/SSB started out as a 30-hour contest.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Add a QRP category in RTTY!!\u00a0 <\/span>Of course no other RTTY contest has that category either.\u00a0 <\/span>But I am a QRP op.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • I enter all three contests, and am happy that the RTTY rules should be slightly different.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • I agree with the RTTY not using 160M, but I’d like to see an assisted category for RTTY as there is for both CW and SSB.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Only if CW and SSB use the RTTY rules. Almost all DX contests favor the NE coast of NA.\u00a0 <\/span>Being in the west of NA, the RTTY rules make the playing field more even and encourage more low band operation after the European runs are over.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    This question assumed most operators were familiar with the differences between the modes.\u00a0 <\/span>The comments showed this was not true and therefore we should be cautious in over analyzing the results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Next time we will ask about specific rules and whether the RTTY or CW\/SSB version of the rule is preferred.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Q. Any comments or suggestions you would like to make to the WPX Committee?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    We appreciate the feedback and compliments we received in response to this question. The contesters behind the WPX Contest really do work hard to make it a fun experience for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Here is a small sample of the suggestions we received. Please let us know what you think.<\/span><\/p>\n

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