[CQ-Contest] Re: Eastern Oregon

[Bob Wruble]

i think if the truth be know u wud find w7rm having a big influence on the
ewa becoming a section!

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Smith W9WI <w9wi at w9wi.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 6:36 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: Eastern Oregon


>On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 02:23:39PM -0500, cq-contest-request at contesting.com
wrote:
>> I believe the case for EWA/WWA was similar - the growing population
centers
>> east of the coastal mountain ranges were not capable of being adequately
>> served by League officials based in the Seattle area, especially in
winter
>> storms when some of the passes close, it was affecting ARES operations.
>> Perhaps Oregon could make a similar argument, but for whatever reason,
they
>> haven't yet.
>
>Creating an Eastern Oregon section would probably be the best thing that
>ever happened to clean up VY1JA's mailbox in the weeks before SS.
>
>Looks to me like there are far more hams in the Yukon than there are east
of
>Bend.
>
>Seriously though, it does seem absurd that Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois
have
>never been split.  As a Wisconsin native living in Tennessee I can
guarantee
>you travelling the length of Illinois is not a fast and easy trip.
>--
>Doug Smith W9WI
>Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
>http://www.w9wi.com
>
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