[CQ-Contest] Wires only?

[KI9A@aol.com]

Why not just define 'wires only" as a half wave dipole, or vertical, No  
rhombics. No VEE beams, ect. It can be spelled out in the rules...I, for one,  
agree with a wires only. The TB/single element in WPX is useless. It would be  
better served as a "single element only", meaning half wave dipole, or  
vertical. Yeah, I know a half wave dipole isn't technically a single element,  but, 
hey, lets be real.
 
These days of worsening neighborhood Gestapo groups, adding a class like  
this will only help in growing our ranks. There are MANY hams I have tried to  
get into contesting, that try it, get hammered by stations that are much larger  
(including better ops), & get discouraged, and drop out. If we can get a  
real little pistol category up, it will help swell the available number of  
stations to work, and how can that be bad?
 
Just my 2 cents worth...
 
73-Chuck KI9A