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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL v. contesters

To: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL v. contesters
From: "RiC" <Wo4o@Home-Sweet-Loans.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:04:56 -0600
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Dave Sumner says your check is in the mail. (Just my lame attempt at being funny...)

What you've assembled is a good argument for the ARRL concerning their support of contesting and the facts should speak for themselves -- but some believe ignorance is bliss -- always good to have a preponderance of the evidence and I think you've done well by your compilation.) We can't have everything, nor should we expect it. It can be worthwhile to put up a good fight for what you think you need but one should pick battles carefully. I don't want to die on just any hill.

73
Ric
Wo4o

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:47 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL v. contesters



There seems to be a lot of ARRL-bashing on the list recently. While
I was very disappointed at the decision to remove line scores from QST myself
(and made sure my Division Director understood my point of view,) ARRL is
by no means anti-contesting, as some have suggested.


* ARRL supports more major HF contests than any organization other
 than CQ Magazine.  This includes domestic contests, DX contests, and
 two of the most popular single-band contests.

* The ARRL is the only major North American group supporting multiple
 contests on UHF or the microwaves.  Six of the seven most popular VHF+
 contests in North America are ARRL-sponsored.

* The ARRL is the only organization that actually pays to have an employee
whose primary responsibility is the efficient management and promotion
of radio contests. The ARRL is willing to financially support this, even
though the Contest Branch at ARRL runs at a significant deficit every year.


* About half of those who participate in ARRL HF contests are DX stations,
 which generally-speaking are non-monetary contributors to the ARRL.  The
 ARRL bears the cost of this participation (computers, bandwidth, labor,
 QST page space, etc.) despite the fact that very few DX stations are ARRL
 members.

* The ARRL has done a remarkable job of publishing contest results on the
 web.  Anyone, ARRL member or no, W/VE or DX, can go and examine ARRL
 contest results online back eight calendar years.

* The ARRL's online scores database is unique in capability and scope.
 No other contest sponsor gives you the ability to play with the contest
 results data in the same way that the ARRL does.

* The ARRL is willing to publish and provide professional services for
 the National Contest Journal, the only contest-specific magazine I
 know of intended for the general North American contester audience.

* The ARRL is one of the two major contest sponsors committed to developing
a consistent, understandable log checking process, and providing Log
Checking Reports to competitors as feedback.


* The ARRL publishes a FREE weekly contesting-specific newsletter
 distributed by email to something like 10,000 contesters worldwide.

* Etc., etc....

--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/

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