I got the following email from the Vice President of the
ARRL. If you think Bob's contest idea is a good one then
please send the contest coordinators listed in his reply an
email supporting it. Thanks Guys!
--- Carl Hyde <carl.s.hyde@lmco.com> wrote:
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 11:34:05 -0400
> From: Carl Hyde <carl.s.hyde@lmco.com>
> Subject: [Fwd: New Contest request]
> To: cshyde@yahoo.com
> Organization: Lockheed Martin, GES
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:13:25 -0400
> From: "David R. Andersen" <k0rx@uiowa.edu>
> Subject: Re: New Contest request
> To: Carl Hyde <carl.s.hyde@lmco.com>
>
> Carl:
> There are two people I would contact - one is Dave
> Sumner, K1ZZ the
> Executive VP at the league. He can be reached at
> k1zz@arrl.org. A
> second
> is Dan Henderson, the Contest Branch manager at the
> League. He can be
> reached at n1nd@arrl.org. As in most things of this
> sort, the squeaky
> wheel gets oiled and the more people that you have
> contact these two
> individuals, the more likelihood that you will have
> success.
>
> Good luck!
>
> 73
> Dave K0RX
> CAC Midwest Division
>
> Carl Hyde wrote:
>
> > This was posted on the Contesting.com email reflector
> and I think its
> a
> > great idea. Who do we talk to to make it happen? Thanks
> W2CSH.
> >
> > The following is a letter I just wrote to the ARRL. If
> you think
> > it's a good idea, PLEASE write to the ARRL supporting
> my idea:
> >
> > October 19, 2000
> >
> > ARRL
> > 225 Main Street
> > Newington, CT 06111
> >
> > Dear ARRL:
> >
> > I think it's about time amateur radio recognized
> the
> > abilities of hams with disabilities. And a great way
> to do that
> > would be for the ARRL to sponsor a new contest.
> > Each year on the weekend closest to the
> anniversary of the
> > signing into law of the Americans with Disabilities Act
> (ADA),
> > July 26, why not sponsor a HandiHam Worldwide Contest,
> perhaps in
> > conjunction with the HandiHam Courage Center.
> > EVERYONE COULD PARTICIPATE -- but contestants
> would get
> > extra points for working disabled hams.
> > During the contest, disabled hams would call CQ CQ
> HH DE
> > KZ2G, for instance. Nondisabled hams would call CQ CQ
> HH ND DE
> > W1AW, for example. The ND would stand for nondisabled.
> > Scoring could be 5 points for every HH worked and
> 3 points
> > for every ND worked on CW. Contestants would get 2
> points for
> > every HH worked and 1 point for every ND worked on SSB.
> > Multipliers could be the number of stations worked
> times the sum
> > of countries plus sections.
> > For instants, someone with 257 points who made 57
> contacts
> > which included 10 countries plus 13 sections would have
> a
> > multiplier of (57*23)=1311. Then multiply total points
> by the
> > multiplier's total (257*1311) to get a score = 336927.
> > Please let me know what you think of my idea.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Robert Mauro, KZ2G
> >
> > CC: The Courage HANDI-HAM System, 3915 Golden Valley
> Road,
> > Golden Valley, MN 55422
> >
> > Bob Mauro, Mauro@Idt.Net Amateur Radio Station
> KZ2G
> >
>
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> > My DisAbility Website http://idt.net/~mauro
> > My Amateur Radio Website
> http://idt.net/~mauro/kz2g.html
> > My Levittown, NY Website
> http://idt.net/~mauro/levittwn.html
> >
>
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> > If my IDT mail bounces, send it to
> kz2g@altavista.com
>
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> tel;fax:319-353-1115
> tel;work:319-335-2529
> x-mozilla-html:FALSE
> url:http://marv.eng.uiowa.edu
> org:The University of Iowa;Electrical and Computer
> Engineering
> adr:;;132 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories;Iowa
> City;IA;52242;
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>
=====
Carl HYDE
W2CSH
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