[Moon] Contest weekend at SM6CKU

[Stig Larsson]

Vy nice result Ben!!

Some comments about CW/JT mode and classes. First there is a separate class
for CW/SSB  and one class for all together. I assume that it is the last
one you don't like.
My thoughts about it are also that it would be very good to stimulate CW
somehow. Separate contest for analog vs digital on separate dates is one
way to to this who would be good. (as also Lasse suggested).

A way to think is that CW operating do demand more skills of the operator
like CW-skills, ability to read weak signals in noise, all this can you
practice on and get better to do, this should be taken account for a in the
point settings also, for example 2-3 points for CW QSO and 1 point digital
QSO. This would stimulate to work more CW but perhaps also some analog guy
to try digital so he can get get maximal points. With this there would not
be any need for a separate CW/SSB class as today

By the way my total for first leg ended up in 22 CW and 30 JT QSO

73 de Stig, SM4GGC

Den mån 29 okt. 2018 kl 14:15 skrev Ben - SM6CKU via Moon <
moon at moonbounce.info>:

> It was many, many years since I took part in this event so I was looking
> forward to work as many as possible, CW only.
> Pre contest I worked I5YDI, SM4IVE, IK3COJ, DL6SH and VK4AFL but forgot to
> work some of them again in contest time....
> Missed the first few hours of Saturday morning and got away at 0538 with
> SM6PGP some 5 km apart. S9 on terrestrial and a good 559 via moon. Then
> OK2DL, LZ2US, 9A5AA, RA3EC, F5KUG, DL7UDA, OH1LRY, SM4GGC, VE4MA, PA2DW,
> IK5VLS, K6MG, G4CCH, KL6M, G3LTF, DK5YA, DL3EBJ, EA8DBM, PA3FXB, LA3EQ and
> VE6TA. Saturday evening OE5JFL, OK2ULQ, SP6ITF, SP6JLW, UA9YLU, VK2JDS,
> IK3COJ, JH1KRC, DF3RU, VK4AFL, RA3EME, UA3PTW, OK1DFC, IK1FJI, OH2DG,
> F6KRK, F5FEN and OK1CA. Sunday morning SP3XBO, LZ1DX, WA9FWD, RA3AUB,
> UA4AAV, VA7MM, K2UYH, DK3WG, F5JWF, IW2FZR, DL7YC, NC1I, VE6BGT, WA6PY,
> OZ9KY, ON5GS, SM3JQU and OZ4MM. Sunday evening VK5MC, VK2FLR, JA6AHB,
> VK4CDI, IK2MMB, SM4IVE, OZ6OL, DF2VJ and finally ES5PC. All together 67
> QSO's and some 25 initials.
>
> Looking at the digi-band there were plenty of stations that would have
> been easy to work on CW. Some agreed to get down the band for a CW QSO,
> thank you! Some refer to bad CW but I tell you, I am pretty good at reading
> any keying and I can go low speed myself. My wish would be separate
> classes, analog vs digital, and I would post my log. Let me be clear, I
> have nothing against digital modes (except deep search) and one day I might
> be there too....
>
> 73 de Ben
> SM6CKU with 8m dish and 400 watts at feed
> JO67CK
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