On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Bruce Sawyer wrote:
> That having been said, I will say that for me a 36 hour contest in general
> is not worth the price of the airplane ticket; a 30 hour contest definitely
> isn't worth it. Based on the relatively small number of expeditions I see
> out for WPX (as compared to other DX contests), I think I'm not alone in
> this view.
OH NO!!! Let's see... If you and 10 other W6 guys dont go out of the
country.... That means I work 680 mults instead of 690. Dxpeditions in
the ARRL and CQ DX contests are really appreciated. A mult in those
contests is a big deal. Times 6 and it's an even bigger deal. But in
the WPX, it's just not the same. Every 3rd Q is a mult.
Sorry Bruce, but making the contest longer so that 5% of the participants
can give the other 95% ONE more mult doesn't exactly seem like it should
be much of a priority. Of course I'm one of the 95%. Stay home and
operate. Or come to Georgia. Your off times can be spent at the boiled
peanut stand down the road.
73
Bill
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