[CQ-Contest] CC&R Category

[Jim Lowman]

I would add only this to Bill's excellent suggestion: (well, subtract,
actually) set a property size restriction and remove the CC&R concept.
I do not suffer from these restrictions, but personally prefer to use
simple antennas and QRP-to-100-watt power levels.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

"Bill Fisher, W4AN" wrote:
> 
> At the NCCC Reno meeting the other night we heard a very interesting
> presentation by Paul Schaffenberger, K5AF, on contesting from a wires only
> station.  Out of this conversation came an interesting discussion about
> how we can atrract more people to contesting.
> 
> I believe there are a lot of potential competitors out there who are
> living within these restrictions.  They are not getting in to contesting
> because they read articles or emails about guys with multiple towers and
> stacked mono band yagis, and figure what is the point.
> 
> So, I believe it would be a very good idea to include a category in the
> all contests for people living under CC&R's.  Something that would read
> like this...
> 
> CC&R Category Low Power & QRP - Stations must not be greater than 1 acre
> in size and must be made up entirely of wire antennas or single element
> commercial antennas such as multi-band verticals.
> 
> or similar.


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