[CQ-Contest] QST...A radical thought?

[K3BU at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/4/2004 6:39:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Cqtestk4xs at aol.com writes:
>>I was also informed again that contesters are not a  
signicant focus for the ARRL and that the focus of the boys in Newington is 
the  
guys who are the no-code techs, and the boys who frequent two meters.  They  
are 
the majority of the ham population.  The DXers and contesters are a  small 
minority of the entire ham population<<

Pardon me, but this is stupidest reasoning by ARRL.
You look at the purchasing power and not the number of handhelds.
One IC7800 =  50 handhelds/shacks on the belt 
One contester = 6 x IC7800 (plus extra junk) = 300 SOTB  (plus extra rubber 
duck)
No brainer, except by ARRL.
I just made my last QSO in ARRL 160 test
Looking forward to all CQ contests, I might even go RTTY and VHF.

73 and oh well!!!

Yuri, K3BU.us