[CQ-Contest] DC as a multiplier (was re: Section phonetics on phone)

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

Well, Rich you stepped in it.  

I agree that DC should be a multiplier - just not in sweepstakes. Sweeps has traditionally been a contest of ARRL/CARL sections or amalgamations of sections.  It has never a recognized subsection of sections as multipliers  Keeping with tradition, DC is a subsection of the Maryland/DC ARRL section and should not be separately broken out.  

Now, as to other contests, ARRL DX, ARRL 10, ARRL 160, and the CQ 160 all recognize DC as a separate multiplier.  Its a separate entity, represented by a separate government with its own police force, charter, and whatnot.

Why the NCJ contests don't recognize it as an entity is beyond me.  

And for disclosure purposes, this should not be a macropolitical issue.  Since ARRL, CQ magazine, DARC, JARL and countless entities assign entity status to an ungodly number of entities, there is no political taint to assigning DC multiplier statuts.

73 Rich NN3W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com>
To: "cq-contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Section phonetics on phone

> And by the way, DC should be a separate multiplier, in my opinion.  Why not, it'd add to the fun, and would definitely get more activity out of W3DQ, K3VOA, W3DOS, KE3VV (I think it is) and whoever else resides in D.C. and they'd have a heck of a good time being a rare mult (like NNY) and we'd have a good time having another one to work for the sweep.  This is a unique situation in the continental U.S., I think, two jurisdictions being combined like this.  D.C. is definitely not a part of Maryland as anyone in Maryland or D.C. could tell you.  The comparable situations, like I say, may be VE8/VY1, non-U.S., Maritime Canada where more than one province is combined, KG4/KP2 being combined, and the Pacific section where various islands or island groups, separated by large distances, are combined into the PAC section, all the "KH" callsigns.  Can you imagine if each of the KH groups was a separate SS mult??  That'd definitely add some interest and some life into SS operation fr
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>  the Pacific!  And, unless someone went to places like KH9, nobody would get a sweep!  So maybe that one's a bad idea, for that reason!
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