I definitely agree.
Of course, it helps if someone who has made an exceptional effort sends in
something in the soapbox, versus letting the writer guess. Some scores do pop.
On and off there has been some nice regional action writeups. I like reading
about the other regions as well as mine, it helps to understand what the other
guy is going thru, and heck, might even help your score.
I get a real kick reading about the creative antenna solutions folks come up
with to just get on 160!
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Sat, 10/31/09, w0uo <w0uo@citbroadband.com> wrote:
> From: w0uo <w0uo@citbroadband.com>
> Subject: Topband: ARRL 160
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Cc: "'Jim Spaulding W0UO'" <w0uo@citbroadband.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 11:51 AM
>
>
> Gentlemen:
>
>
>
> I do hope this post is not considered superfluous. I
> have entered the ARRL
> 160 every year but one since I moved to Texas. In
> that time, I have
> finished in the top ten (SOLP) every time, but once,
> that I was able to
> finish the contest. I have used either a shunt fed 70
> ft crank up or 80 ft
> shunt fed 45G and have never had, until late Spring
> 2009, an effective
> receiving antenna. I work some DX, even get called by
> Europeans on
> occasion, but I don't waste much time in that
> pursuit. I try to do a good
> job of playing the hand that is dealt me, and I really
> enjoy it. I
> currently hold the West Gulf Division record.
>
>
>
> I would like to call attention to a couple of items:
> first, the rules
> regarding awards.
>
> Awards: Certificates will be awarded to the top-scoring
> QRP, low-power and
> high-power single-operator stations in each ARRL/RAC
> Section and DXCC
> country, and to the top-scoring multioperator stations in
> each ARRL Division
> and continent.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see, in the rules,
> any mention of
> an overall winner, top ten list, or anything like
> that. These lists result
> from editorial policy.
>
> Second, in the past decade or more, the League has added
> Regional Top Five
> boxes to the contest write-ups. If my memory serves
> me, this suggestion
> originated with Walt, W0CP, when he was on the CAC. This is
> an attempt to
> recognize good contest efforts from west of the "cod-fish
> curtain". These
> boxes are an important first step in providing appropriate
> recognition.
>
>
>
> In addition to minor changes in the rules, the persons
> preparing contest
> write-ups should make a conscientious effort to
> recognize exceptional
> contest performance whenever and wherever it exists, rather
> than taking the
> easy way out, concentrating only on the few top
> scores. Gary, K9AY, has
> made this same suggestion and I will be interested to see
> how it works out.
> He certainly has my support.
>
>
>
> By all means, lobby your CAC representative. I
> certainly will.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
> W0UO
>
> _______________________________________________
> 160 meters is a serious band, it should be treated with
> respect. - TF4M
>
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160 meters is a serious band, it should be treated with respect. - TF4M
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