Hi Frank:
When you say " I have qsl cards from 3 of those members", what are members
are you referring to ???
Did I miss another message from [VHFcontesting] ???
I didn't see anything leading into the Subject: "Vhf com. members" !!!
Did I miss a transitional message ??
TNX es 73
Bob, K1VU
At 12:49 7/27/2004 , you wrote:
>I have qsl cards from 3 of those members from the june/ 2003 e-skip opening.
> That would indicate that they are there. We should not sell anyone short
>for not reporting. Some of these guys may not report because they are letting
>the new people play. However one my argue that it should be thier duty, but
>perhaps that is a slippery slope and its all our duty. Therefore the change
>should be a way to encourage logs. The arrl as a whole needs to think outside
>of
>the box.
>
>Perhaps a free years membership as a door prize for those who enter is a
>small token. Or points towards a lifetime membership for any contest entered.
>After all if they are using logs to justify spectrum, then those who invest
>in
>the equipment to utilize the spectrum are paying out the nose to support the
>arrl's justification of spectrum allocation. (say that 10 times fast).
>
>If someone is a life member let them gift the points or 1 year membership to
>another party who may not be a current member. Its like free advertising from
>the fruits of spectrum use.
>
>Sponsership of all the contests by the radio makers and hro/aes ect... would
>be good. This of course would have to be handled by someone at the arrl who is
>impartial and appointed by the system. Again I say that it would not be
>based on scores, but on random drawing by those who enter a log.
>
>
>Pointing fingers won't help, it seems they are nearly 100% in agreement on
>some of the changes. Some of which I like, except I think jan should be the
>smaller contest limited to 1.2 because of snow and lack of hill tops. They
>are
>cutting off band use big time there. But maybe the idea is to make it easier
>to get new people in on june and I would trade the microwaves for 25 percent
>more people.
>
>73s
>listen for the aurora today, even though its not contest time.
>k3uhf
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