[CQ-Contest] April Contest Announcement
Joe Gervais
vole at primenet.com
Wed Feb 11 12:36:59 EST 1998
- Previous message: [CQ-Contest] Re: IARU contest/results
Ham radio is a hobby, but a lot of people dedicates a lot of time
and money to it, taking it seriously.
To "take it seriously" it's not a sign to be abnormal, but a sort of
respect for the hobby and the people dealing with.
Concerning IARU results, it's evident to the stones that something
is wrong in the results of the last 5 years, at least in the mixed
modes categories, but I can't believe that one of the major amateur
association could have or support a contest committe deliberately
behaving like someone (see above) told becuse upset.
I can't believe the IARU organization itself could accept a shameful
managing of it's main HF contest, expecially if it is true what it was
told to me, that IARU is the only contest where checkers are payed.
In the IARU, a committee who's not doing at all it's job would really
make fun of the amateur community, not only of contesters, and this
couldn't be acceptable by anyone.
This is my opinion, and because of it I think what was noticed is
due to the rules aging and to a weak checking method, may be both in
junction with a lack in the attention and some mistake, no one is
perfect.
A thief robbed ? Well, he only is the bad one to punish but it is not
correct to accuse who represent the law as the reason of stolen gear.
On the other hand, if a "law" is evidently proved to be not actual,
beeing easily cheatable (ie. the guilty can't be found or proven),
there is a very urgent need to act for changing things in the best
possible way.
If later, in front of the evidence, nothing changes, the "law men",
those who should act in updating the rules in our case, also become
responsible of the sin, and should be replaced before the damages
becomes unrepairable, by more qualified ones.
It's a pity if a great contest like the IARU will drop in interest,
but if nothing changes about rules or checking, I'll evaluate the
opportunity to use that July week-end for typical summer purposes,
weather is pretty nice in that period.
I feel I'm not alone in this thought.
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Dear Contest Editor,
Here is the announcement for the 4th Annual "QRP To The Field"
contest, sponsored by the Northern California QRP Club. Every
year hundreds of QRPers take to the field and get a head start
on Field Day as well as have a great time on the air.
Could you please add our announcement to your contest column?
Thanks very much. Please let me know if you have any comments
or questions. I can be reached at (602) 925-7351, or via email
at vole at primenet.com.
Cheers de AB7TT,
-Joe Gervais, NorCal Contest Manager, vole at primenet.com
-------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT ----------------------------
1998 QRP to the Field
Sponsored by the NorCal QRP Club
Theme: "Run to the Borders"
Contest Period: April 25th, 1600Z to 2400Z.
CW HF QRP Only (5W max), no WARC bands, standard QRP calling freqs.
Stations operating from a state/province/country border get an extra
multiplier for each SPC intersecting at their *exact* location. Example:
KI6DS operates from the CA-AZ border, getting x2 Border Operator multi,
and must give a signal report from each state (Example: "579 CA, 579 AZ").
Stations working KI6DS would get SPC credit for each state, as well as
QSO pts for each separate signal report received.
Exchange: RST and SPC (Stations operating on a state/DX border must give
a separate RST for each state, province or country.)
Example: (Field op on CA/AZ border) "559 CA, 559 AZ"
Points: 5 pts per QSO. Stations working Border Operators score 5 pts per
report received, and should log each state/report separately.
Multipliers:
SPC Total (each counts once per band).
Border Operator - Number of SPCs intersecting at your position.
Location - Home = x2, Field = x4 (Field = battery power and temporary
antennas).
Final Score: QSO points x SPCs x Location X Border Operator Multi.
Awards: Top Ten Scores Certificates
Send logs by 6/1/98 to: Joe Gervais AB7TT, NorCal Contest Manager,
PO Box 1822, Goodyear, AZ, 85338, or via email to: vole at primenet.com.
Include station and location descriptions.
For more info, email vole at primenet.com or visit the NorCal QRP
Club webpage at <http://www.fix.net/~jparker/norcal.html>.
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- Previous message: [CQ-Contest] Re: IARU contest/results
Ham radio is a hobby, but a lot of people dedicates a lot of time
and money to it, taking it seriously.
To "take it seriously" it's not a sign to be abnormal, but a sort of
respect for the hobby and the people dealing with.
Concerning IARU results, it's evident to the stones that something
is wrong in the results of the last 5 years, at least in the mixed
modes categories, but I can't believe that one of the major amateur
association could have or support a contest committe deliberately
behaving like someone (see above) told becuse upset.
I can't believe the IARU organization itself could accept a shameful
managing of it's main HF contest, expecially if it is true what it was
told to me, that IARU is the only contest where checkers are payed.
In the IARU, a committee who's not doing at all it's job would really
make fun of the amateur community, not only of contesters, and this
couldn't be acceptable by anyone.
This is my opinion, and because of it I think what was noticed is
due to the rules aging and to a weak checking method, may be both in
junction with a lack in the attention and some mistake, no one is
perfect.
A thief robbed ? Well, he only is the bad one to punish but it is not
correct to accuse who represent the law as the reason of stolen gear.
On the other hand, if a "law" is evidently proved to be not actual,
beeing easily cheatable (ie. the guilty can't be found or proven),
there is a very urgent need to act for changing things in the best
possible way.
If later, in front of the evidence, nothing changes, the "law men",
those who should act in updating the rules in our case, also become
responsible of the sin, and should be replaced before the damages
becomes unrepairable, by more qualified ones.
It's a pity if a great contest like the IARU will drop in interest,
but if nothing changes about rules or checking, I'll evaluate the
opportunity to use that July week-end for typical summer purposes,
weather is pretty nice in that period.
I feel I'm not alone in this thought.
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