A few years ago, I had the opportunity to be in Mexico at the same time IARU
was going on. I found it was fairly difficult for a U.S. amateur to get a
temporary license to operate in Mexico. There was a lot of read tape and a
number of fees, money transfers, etc. I ended up getting the license too late
to operate when I was there. One thing that the temporary license did specify
quite clearly, however, was that NO CONTEST OPERATION was allowed.
Is this still the case with temporary licenses for operation in Mexico or has
that changed? Do you know the reason for this?
73,
Al, K0AD
Serious contest operations from the past decades were mostly americans
operating
ere, legally or some say illegally. You can see some of the actual records and
D2X is still on top.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ramon Santoyo V. <xe1kk@xe1kk.net>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 11:36 am
Subject: [CQ-Contest] XEs in contest
ome comments about the participation, history and situation of XE stations in
ontest.
During the last ARRL 10 meter contest, as you all know, we were multipliers for
he first time. FMRE and Grupo DXXE worked for months promoting the event and
e estimate that nearly 100 Mexican stations participate from almost all the
tates, an unseen number in the history of Amateur Radio in Mexico
http://www.dxxe.org/arrl10m/xes-arrl-10-1.pdf). There was even an expedition
o the hard to get state of Tlaxcala east of Mexico City. All of this to work on
and with dubious conditions.
Needless to say everyone down here was exited. For some it was probably their
irst contest and only made a few calls. Others clearly only S&P and never call
Q. But we all have fun and we're waiting for December to do it again.
There is no collective long time contest tradition in Mexico as in the US.
With
ew exceptions Mexico's famous old timers are/were, first of all DXers: XE1AE,
E1CI, XE1OE, XE1ZLW, XE1J, XE1ILI and many more of our honor rolls. They
ot/get into contest to work DX. For the DXer there is no DX value in working
he US all over again in a contest. As you can imagine from here you MOSTLY work
tations from the US in any contest.
Serious contest operations from the past decades were mostly americans
operating
ere, legally or some say illegally. You can see some of the actual records and
D2X is still on top.
Few years ago things started to change. Radio Club Satelite with XE1VIC
leading
tarted a CQ 160m SSB Multi Op contest station that eventually won the world.
ater Grupo DXXE was created and people start to exchange information and
echniques among them, something unseen in Mexico. People started to compete
micably between other XEs and your previous year scores. XE2S and some XE + AZ
ams have been making multi efforts from the north. But there were almost no
ocals teaching contest, you either read (in English, a foreign language for us)
omething about it or have the chance to operate and/or learn with US contesters
s XE2K, XE2AC, XE1AY, XE2MX or XE1KK did (Gracias Señor Trey!).
It is also important to consider that XEs usually don't have the perception to
eing valuable in a contest. Any US station is expected to work an XE on most
ontest. The same apply to VE, LU or PY but this in no true for the rest of the
orld. During WRTC in Finland and old timer, with a modest station, told me
hat the last time he has work Zone 6 in a contest was in 1959. I was ashamed!
If the XEs feel that they are "valuable" and understand the mechanics of a
ontest (and why working the same guys over and over again every year is really
un) there will be more XEs active.
The NAQP is a great contest to do this. The exchange is better than most
ontest, it is a shorter contest so you don't get too tired, your multipliers
re workable with a modest station, the big guns need to use 100 watts as you
o, you don't need to wait a year and you can participate with your favorite
ode, and you have propagation 24 hours to where your multipliers are. I hope
he rules commission evaluate this possibility.
73
Ramon, XE1KK
______________________________________________
Q-Contest mailing list
Q-Contest@contesting.com
ttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|