On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> I may be on for the NAQP SSB. Looking at the rules, it says that
> States are counted as multipliers.
>
> What about folks like me who live in that Federal enclave known as The
> District of Columbia. Are we a multiplier?
Hi Eric. About ten years ago, I worked a DC station on two or three bands
in one of the NAQPs. I decided to claim it as a mult, but noted the
omission in the rules and sent a letter to whoever was coordinating the
log checking at the time. The response was that DC should be counted the
same as MD. I didn't find that answer very satisfying, but didn't pursue
it any further at the time.
FWIW, my opinion is that DC should be added as a separate multiplier.
Whatever the official ruling, it should be clearly stated one way or the
other in the rules.
I can assure you that you'd be VERY popular from DC in contests like CQ
160, ARRL 10, etc.!
73,
Tim Totten, n4gn@n4gn.com
http://www.n4gn.com
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