It is really no different than CQ magazine's DX Marathon other than it only
runs a month and does sum DX entities from each band together, but one
could argue that the DX Marathon is just as much of a contest on the WARC
bands since they (and 60 meters) are permitted for scoring.
73 John AF5CC
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 1:09 PM Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank, is it as simple that they made the mistake in calling it a
> "Contest"? If they called it an "Activity tracker" or "QSO Party" would
> that have been better?
>
> The ARRL encouraged activity on all bands and modes in 2014 with their
> Centennial QSO Party. Including awarding points for WARC bands. And it
> didn't cause any problems. http://www.arrl.org/centennial
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:54 PM <donovanf@erols.com> wrote:
>
> > The URL for the Southeast DX Club's badly thought out DX
> > contest rules that include contesting in the WARC bands is:
> >
> > https://t-rexsoftware.com/sedxc/100_watts_and_a_wire/index.htm
> >
> > I urge you to immediately state your objections to the SEDXC
> > club president at: c.catledge@gmail.com
> >
> > Hopefully this very well respected DX club (at least until now)
> > will correct their egregious error before Sept 1st.
> >
> > If no correction is made, all self respecting contesters should
> > boycott this contest in protest.
> >
> > 73
> > Frank
> > W3LPL
> >
> >
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