It's obvious that the contest is a US based contest. There's a BIG push
to try to get ALL US States on - there's even a certificate of some sort
if one works all 50 states.
Perhaps instead of boycotting this fledgling effort, you might support
it, "show the colours" of your respective provincial flags, even give
out the abbreviations for the three provinces instead of "MAR" - which
would force the scoring group to figure out that these were "MAR" in
their reckoning.
Or, would it be better for your interests to let the entire SSB Sprint
go into the tubes? If enough "special interest" join the boycott, that
could easily happen. Would this inspire the folks in the three
provinces in question to make a second "revival effort?"
Maybe, instead, you could get a significant group of Canadian operators
to petition this new group of sponsors for the SSB sprint to change the
rule to your liking for the Summer/Fall sprint. After all, these are
just a bunch of independent operators, not hide-bound by "tradition and
bureaucracy" which seem to inflict itself upon ARRL contests.
72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time
On 1/24/2015 10:10 AM, "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
Message: 6
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:34:29 -0400
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing the North America SSB Sprint-boycott from
"MAR"
This is no slight to the fine fellows of the Sprint, nor my many FB friends
in "contesting land", but please read my comments re: "MAR".(found in your
rules).
my opinions arevthose of most of the members of MCC, so although I won't officially speak
"for them", you can rest assured most of them feel the same way.
I have now rec'd 3 direct emails re: the Sprints, so feel I can comment
publicly on this as I am being targeted to get on and be active.
==================
Bob/Chris/Dean et al, VE9=NB, VE1=NS, and VY2=PEI has been since 1993 there is
no such thing as a Maritime contest section except in the minds of the ARRL for
Sweepstakes and evidently the NA Sprints. (all others allow provinces) Even in
our own RAC contests, we are allowed to use our respective provinces.
You may wonder why participation in (All) Sprints is so extremely low from (ahem) what
you call "MAR"...now you know. Participation is historically low for any
contest which forces us to use an arbitrary multiplier lumping 3 official provinces
together. I know, I have checked.
Please change the rules to reflect what 98% of other contests allow (everyone
to send their own province) and I will bet you a cold 807 activity levels will
go up. I myself will make it a point to get on for every one.
With respect, but I will be boycotting this contest (and all Sprints), ARRL SS
and the CaQP probably forever until it changes.
Mike VE9AA
p.s.- As promised, I passed the message along to the MCC group, but you can
realistically expect a low turnout - sorry.
p.p.s- I mean, you wouldn't expect a section to be created that combined RI, DE
and ME and call it RIDE ME, now would you? Who would want to compete in that?
p.p.p.s-My other option is to get on, participate and send "NB" but that's just
being evil. I don't want to mess up everyones logs, I just want fairness across the
board.
Mike dit dit
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