I fully concur with the statement below. The ARRL publishes the results in QST
that emphasize the same good ole boys who win or place high every year; oh by
the way they happen to mostly be up and down the east coast, what a
coincidence!
The east coast good ole boys don't like having a west coast station in QST so I
expect the rules will change and kill the grid circling lunacy. Yes its stupid
but the only way the west coast can be acknowledged in QST, for some folks
that's what makes the effort worth while.
If you think the ham population is sparce in S. CA, think about EWA and EOR
going all the way east to the rocky
mountains.--------------------------------------------------------------
I never stand a chance of getting a nationally recognised rating or score, we
simply don't have the ham population in southern California to support it -
fixed or mobile. I do however enjoy putting DM12 on many folks maps and logs
that otherwise won't have it. I enjoy moving to the digital modes in the
evening when regular traffic starts to wane and picking up the odd stuff off of
burning rocks and the Moon instead of calling it an evening.
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Greg Chartrand - W7MY
Richland, WA.
DN-06IF
W7MY Home Page:
http://webpages.charter.net/w7my/
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