Steve,
I agree with your summary of the issues surrounding the IARU test, but aside
from the top level competitors, and those "in the know", most of the
participants don't care about that "semi-political" stuff.
Just getting on the air and operating is actually enough for many (probably
most) contest participants.
I think that if you ignore the BS that is going on in certain areas of that
contest, it is an attractive contest to get new people involved in.
One, is that you can work anyone. So, good conditions are not necessarily a
pre-req to making qsos.
Two, is that it is only 24 hours. Not too much of a commitment for anyone -
especially if you have a team of operators.
Three, is that you can work both modes. That is a unique thing that could
attract fans of code or fone.
Just trying to be positive :-)
73,
Bob W5OV
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve London [mailto:n2icarrl@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 8:53 PM
To: CQ Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QST contesting issue idea
David Thompson wrote:
> I agree that a Contest issue is a good idea and the IARU contest is an
> excellent contest to showcase.
You're joking, right ? The IARU contest, with it's jingoistic HQ stations
and
paid competitors, is an excellent example of the worst rules and its
resulting
behavior in contesting. Go back and read my previous posting from a few
days ago.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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