[CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?

Julius Fazekas phriendly1 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 2 09:20:02 PST 2009


If they change from wood to insulation, as many as I can get ;o)

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
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Tennessee QSO Party
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Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366


--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Richard L. King <k5na at ecpi.com> wrote:

> From: Richard L. King <k5na at ecpi.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Cc: "Thompson, Randy" <k5zd at charter.net>
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 11:14 AM
> I guess I will take the unpopular position and say that I
> like the 
> plaque methodology that is already in place.
> 
> There is just a limited amount of money available for
> plaques.
> 
> To change to a winner-take-all for plaques would discourage
> some 
> participation and fail to recognize some extraordinary
> efforts from 
> other operators.
> 
> If I were to win the world-high, USA-high, Zone 4, W5 area,
> and top 
> Texas station plaques, I would be very happy receiving just
> the World 
> plaque. Why not share the wealth with others that made
> outstanding efforts?
> 
> Just how much wood do you want hanging on your wall anyway?
> 
> 73, Richard - K5NA
> 
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