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

[John Geiger]

No, they are currently silent keys.

--- Greg Richard <k4no at mchsi.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Are No-Code Techs called Silent Keys when they pass
> on?
> 
> Greg K4NO
> 
> 
> -----
> Original Message -----
> From: <K3BU at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QST...A radical thought?
> 
> 
> > 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
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