[CQ-Contest] IARU was: QST contesting issue idea

[Pete Smith]

All of these good things can also be said about the Russian DX Contest, and 
it seems to be well and fairly adjudicated as well.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 07:58 AM 6/16/2007, Robert Naumann wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I agree with your summary of the issues surrounding the IARU test, but aside
>from the top level competitors, and those "in the know", most of the
>participants don't care about that "semi-political" stuff.
>
>Just getting on the air and operating is actually enough for many (probably
>most) contest participants.
>
>I think that if you ignore the BS that is going on in certain areas of that
>contest, it is an attractive contest to get new people involved in.
>
>One, is that you can work anyone. So, good conditions are not necessarily a
>pre-req to making qsos.
>
>Two, is that it is only 24 hours. Not too much of a commitment for anyone -
>especially if you have a team of operators.
>
>Three, is that you can work both modes. That is a unique thing that could
>attract fans of code or fone.
>
>Just trying to be positive :-)
>
>73,
>
>Bob W5OV
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve London [mailto:n2icarrl at gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 8:53 PM
>To: CQ Contest
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QST contesting issue idea
>
>David Thompson wrote:
>
> > I agree that a Contest issue is a good idea and the IARU contest is an
> > excellent contest to showcase.
>
>You're joking, right ?  The IARU contest, with it's jingoistic HQ stations
>and
>paid competitors, is an excellent example of the worst rules and its
>resulting
>behavior in contesting.  Go back and read my previous posting from a few
>days ago.
>
>73,
>Steve, N2IC
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