Yeah, but how many work the 160 contest under discussion and how many other
contests use the MAR multiplier?
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Topband" <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: My take on ARRL 160 (MAR)
> You may be partially right, but we have 35 members in the Maritime Contest
> Club and another 4 or 5 active or semi active stations that contest, that
> are NOT part of the club. Granted , not everyone is on for every contest,
> but as I said before, for any of the popular contests, we are much more
> prevalent than some sections or States in the USA.
> I would say on average and as an example we have 10 ACTIVE members for the
> CQWW contests.
> Try finding 10 Rhode Island, Delaware , Montana or East Bay stations on !
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ZR
> To: Mike & Coreen Smith ; Topband
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: My take on ARRL 160 (MAR)
>
>
> Low ham population and a small geographical area Mike.
>
> You, or anyone else aint gonna change the ARRL for any reason...its a
> dictatorship.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: "Topband" <Topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: My take on ARRL 160 (MAR)
>
>
> > In a slightly different vein (but keeping with the same theme overall
> > theme).....
> >
> > "MAR" section includes NB (VE9), NS (VE1) and VY2 (PEI).....sometimes
> MAR
> > even included VO1 and VO2 !!!
> >
> > We have to compete against hams in three provinces for most ARRL
> contests.
> > Does RI get lumped in with EMA and CT? - Nope!
> > Does Montana get lumped in with Wyoming and Kansas? - Nope!
> >
> > Why is it the ARRL sees it fit to make three provinces compete against
> one
> > another?
> > Tell me what other 48 contiguous states compete against one another?
> >
> > Maybe 50 years ago there was little to no activity in, what was then,
> > always
> > VE1, but for most any semi-major or major contest that happens, you
> will
> > work 5-10 MAR stations with VE1, 9 and VY2 prefixes. We've had
> separate
> > prefixes here since the early 1990's.......approaching 20 yrs !!!
> >
> > I would rather compete against my province-mates.
> >
> > Mike VE9AA (NB and proud of it !)
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