If DC is not a state, does it count as Maryland for multiplier purposes? It
is not a part of Maryland for the US political organization purposes you
listed. (It is part of the MDC ARRL section for contests where sections
are multipliers, like the Maritime Section in Canada which covers three
Canadian provinces).
It would seem to follow that it should not count for any multiplier, but I
don't think that has been the rule (even if this is a hypothetical question
that has probably never come up in real life, where somebody has worked DC
but not Maryland).
Why would one want DC to be a multiplier? Having spent a bit of time around
DC while my daughter was living in nearby VA, there are places in DC that
seemed very suitable for at least a daylight dipole-in-a-tree type of
setup. In particular I remember a rather quiet park right across the Potomac
River from Reagan airport. Being a rare multiplier in a contest is fun, and DC
is one of the few such places within a reasonable distance from much of
the country.
73 - Jim K8MR
(Who once made about 20 qsos from DC in the 10 meter contest as W3USA/M)
In a message dated 8/10/2012 9:57:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
geoiii@kkn.net writes:
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:59:28PM -0400, Jeffrey Embry wrote:
> If this is indeed the case, then perhaps Virginia, Massachusetts,
Kentucky,
> and Pennsylvania, while politically different are technically
Commonwealths
> and not States.
Whatever.
I think they are states.
Let me see
US States have two senators each in the congress:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm/
Choose a State...... Those states are all listed.
>
> While I will admit that DC is not a state,
Ok - it is not a state. That is the reason it is not a mult
in the NAQP - and that was K9NW's question.
> but Constitutionally a 'Federal
> City' is is a separate political entity. Personally, I can see no reason
> why DC should not be its own mult. But, one wants to play semantics
with
> words and definitions, then remove the Commonwealths as multipliers.
I am not playing word games - as you said DC is not a state.
By the current rules when DC becomes a US State it will become a mult
in the NAQP. I would start working on statehood.
But if the real question is something like:
"Why can't DC be made a mult for the NAQP?"
Then your arrguement that it is a "separate political entity" would be
a good place to start as to why it should be a mult.
My question to everyone that wants to make DC a mult in any contest is:
Why do you want DC to be a mult?
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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