[CQ-Contest] ARRL and Contesters

[Dennis Ponsness]

I too was saddened when they dropped the line scores from QST - I can 
remember the first time I ever saw my call in print in the results from the 
September 1977 VHF QSO Party 'test (imagine my shock when I saw I was first 
in the Kansas section!  Even though I am a member and support the ARRL, I 
was shocked to see one of the previous postings state that their "focus" is 
on the SOTB crowd.  I just wonder how long it will be until the league 
starts to "re-evaluate" the cost / benefit ratio of contests.  If they are 
really going to focus on the SOTB / EmCom crowd, then I can see the ARRL 
gradually "phasing out" contest support.

Perhaps the time is coming soon that the contest community should consider 
creating a national "umbrella" organization of contesters and contest clubs 
to not only "take up the slack" but to act as an advocate and promoter of 
the contest community at large.



73

Dennis - WB0WAO

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