I don't have a dog in this race, so I'm not that worked up about it. But,
someone alleged that they had heard recordings of DA0HQ reading from a list
of calls - essentially labeling the operation as a sham.
Rather than take one person's word for it, produce the recording and let the
community as a whole decide.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>
To: "'CQ Contest'" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU HF Championship - A Travesty
> The typical 160m daylight range easily covers Germany and 80000 hams when
> sitting right in the middle of the country.
>
> I still miss the answer and the proof to my question which are the
> "some IARU member societies have convinced their national, government
> funded,
> sporting organizations that this is an international event worthy of
> financial awards to their countrymen"
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Pruett
>
> But then again, 2400+ QSOs on 160M from a HQ station in IARU is certainly
> extraordinary. I would think this takes the definition of "uniques" to a
> new limit...
>
>> Some IARU member societies have convinced their national, government
> funded,
>> sporting organizations that this is an international event worthy of
>> financial awards to their countrymen
>> , should their countrymen be the
>> world "gold medal" winner.
>
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