[CQ-Contest] KH6 is a Mult but not a Mult

[David Pruett]

As someone who was in charge of writing the NAQP rules in 1985 and can 
speak with some knowledge on this, let me put this consumption of 
bandswidth to rest.

"Question: If the NA QSO Party counts KH6 as a mult, how come the NA 
Sprint doesn't count KH6 as a mult? Both should either count it, or 
neither should."

I was not around when the Sprint rules were formulated, but my 
understanding was that those involved reasoned that since KH6 was not 
North America, that it should not count.

When we were working on the NAQP rules, we rejected that logic.  We 
wanted NAQP to be easy to operate, and we figured the casual ham would 
not grasp the distinction of why 49 states counted as mults but the 50th 
didn't.

The fact that the two contests do not count multipliers the same is irrelevent.  Back in 1985, VE mults in the Sprint were Canadian call areas, not provinces.  We rejected that concept as well.

The Sprint and NAQP were created by and have been administered by separate teams since the beginning so there is no reason the rules have to be the same any more that the QSO points rules in CQWW and CQ WPX have to be the same.  The contest sponsors' opinion trumps all...

Dave/K8CC
>From the "smoke filled room" in Louisville, KY in Octobert 1985...

> >Common sense.
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KL7RA wrote:
>> I lifted this query from Dick, KH7XS's 3830 post,
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> Bltzzz - busted name, it is Bill. Lose one additional Q.
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>> Umh, perhaps a former regime in Alaska used a Contest 'Lobbyist' when the
>> Sprint rules were written? 
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> My guess is KL7 is a mult because it is in, "drum roll!",  North America. 
> (I know, I know, it is down beside KH6 on most U.S. maps or left off entirely.)
> KH6 is not a mult for the same reason KH(x) isn't, that is not in North America.
> If they added KH6 it would be the North American and Hawaii sprint. 
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>> Alaska is the closest U.S. State to Russia, BTW).
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> Only two and a half miles in some places which might explain why UA0's
> are 40 over here on 80/160.
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>> Trustee, KL8C (Last Frontier Contest Club --- in ALASKA)
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> Which is the real reason I really posted this Mr. Locus. - It is our humble opinion 
> KL8C in Ketchikan and their bridge to nowhere should not be considered a KL7
> but a W7 in domestic contests. At least on even days. 
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> 73 Rich  KL7RA  real Alaskan and strong supporter that KH6 be a mult as they
> are easy for us to work and we can use the one mult edge over W1's in the Sprint.   
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