[CQ-Contest] Wires only?

[K5ZM]

As an apartment dweller, this message comes at the right time for me. While
I continue to get by doing the guest op thing at places like NQ4I, I can't
be flyin' all over the place ALL the time and am increasingly finding myself
frustrated during the down times. As Chuck points out, coming up with a real
and workable class for Little Pistols and Wet Noodle types would go a long
way toward beefing up the bottom end, so to speak. 

And to Jeff, KU8E, this is far, far removed from adding an HP class to NAQP
;) 

73, 
Ian, K5ZM 


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of KI9A at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, 28 January, 2006 2:13 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Wires only?
> 
> 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
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