Herb & All -
I'm here on the West Coast and have the same "issues" with this contest as many
other folks. I enter it not with ANY expectation of winning - well, OK, I'll
bet big dollars that I'm going to have high score for Folsom, CA! But rather to
try adding to my WAS totals for this band. I operated in the 2012 CW and Phone
Sweepstakes in an attempt to get more 80 meter states. Hitting New England from
California with <100 watts, CC&R / HOA crud, and a small city lot are a real
challenge. In fact, I heard not one single VT or DE station on any of the 80-10
meter bands. Finding guys in those states on 160 is a big challenge for a
peanut-whistle station!
As I said, I can't compete with the big guns back east, or on the west coast,
but the "contest" does provide some opportunities for me…
Just my 2-1/2 cents worth!
73, Jim / W6JHB
Folsom, CA
On Friday, Nov 30, 2012, at Friday, 10:09 AM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
> Thanks for the comments Ron. For some reason I just can't think of how in a
> 160 meter international contest that if you work KH6 you get no additional
> multiplier for working Guam, Wake Island, Swains, American Samoa, Midway,
> Johnson, Kingman Reef, Kure Island! These are all separate entities over at
> the so call ARRL DXCC Desk but apparently not at the "Contest Desk".
>
> How does this make any sense?
>
> As far as fun is concerned, I love to work DX on 160 as we all do......but
> staying up all night and working more mainland stations and getting more
> multipliers than any "DX" station for years during this contest, and then not
> even showing up in the listing, is not my idea of fun. I know winning isn't
> everything but having at least a chance to compete is the only thing....if I
> can borrow from Vince Lomabardi's famous quote. The band tonight will be
> full of a bee's nest of US stations calling CQ incessantly by machine and
> many without any regard to DX stations. they will cover over 5T0SP, D3AA,
> 7P8D and others who at least on the "gentleman's band" deserve some better
> respect.
>
> Those in charge at the ARRL need to start thinking about what is wrong rather
> than have the ivy covered arrogance that "our tradition is never wrong."
> Just allow the CAC to deal with a revision to more adequately accommodate the
> rest of the world, outside of this "East Coast always runs things at HQ"
> syndrome.
>
> Again I will be happy to work anyone I can hear in this hornets nest but am
> really tempted to use my Eu and African Beverages to work DX. I will however
> make a special effort for those on the West Coast especially working W7DRA
> with his 2 stage 6V6 5 watter...To me that would be the ultimate thrill to
> accomplish in the cacophony of incessant CQ by many 100's that have only a
> TX antenna and could care less what is on the frequency DX or not.
>
> 73,
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
>
>
> On 11/30/2012 11:36 AM, Ron Spencer wrote:
>>
>> I don't understand why the ARRL refuses your request which seems quite
>> reasonable to me. But I'd not let it ruin my fun!
>>
>> Good luck and I'm sure I'll hear and work you!
>>
>> 73
>> Ron
>> N4XD
>
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