[CQ-Contest] Circle Jerks

[hank k8dd]

On 5/28/07, kr2q at optonline.net <kr2q at optonline.net> wrote:
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> Seems to me that the concept of circle is wrong.  What about places along the coast?
> What about places along deserts?  What about etc?  Doesn't a circle hurt them?

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In ARRL contests there is a second option to the circle.
According to http://www.arrl.org/contests/cc.html Unlimited and Medium
clubs have the choice of the circle or section.  " All stations and
all operators must reside within the club territory, which is either
defined by a 175-mile (282-kilometer) radius from a designated area or
one ARRL section."    Not real hard to understand what that means.

CQ WPX says "Participation is limited to members operating within a
local geographical area (exception: DXpeditions especially organized
for operation in the contest and manned by members)."  No definition
of "local geographical area", but one could say it is somewhere
between a 300 kilometer circle and a call area.  Or two.  Or three in
some cases!     Not real easy to understand what that means.

CQ WW says "Participation is limited to members operating within a
local geographic area defined as within a 275 km radius from center of
club area (except for DXpeditions specially organized for operation in
the contest; club contributions of DXpedition scores are percentaged
to the number of club members on the DXpedition).  Not real hard to
understand what that means .....

Change it and make them all the same.  "Participation is limited to
members operating and residing within the club territory  (except for
DXpeditions sponsored by the club for the operating event.  Scores to
be percentaged to the number of club members operating on the
DXpedition).

Then there is the exchange .....
Add a Check .... you know .... THE CHECK ....
the year you were first licensed,
the year you think you were first licensed,
the year you wanted to get licensed,
the year you didn't get licensed,
the year you were born,
the year you were married, deflowered, or attended your first Hamvention(r),
Or some two digit number that you got by throwing darts at the dart board.
Etc, etc, etc.

And start it all off with a sync code (5nn or enn) to let you sync to
the speed in your brain to know that the rest of the exchange is
coming at that speed.  Or slower.  Or faster.

73    Hank/Duck    K8DD

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