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

[K0HB]

Since the Steelers won the Super Bowl, should they give their AFC Trophy and 
Division pennant to the second place teams?

Gimme a break!

If you win, you get the hardware and walnut.

Second place is First Loser.



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From: "Richard L. King" <k5na at ecpi.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:48 PM
To: "Russell Hill" <rustyhill at earthlink.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: "Thompson, Randy" <k5zd at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?

> What if you were the second highest scoring station in the world
> behind me and we were both in Texas?
>
> You say then you don't want your outstanding effort to be recognized?
>
> I would have enough wood to build a tree and you would have nothing,
> nada, zippo. Even after all that great effort.
>
> How many years would this need to happen before you decided you
> didn't want to work this contest anymore?
>
> It isn't fair for your effort to go unrewarded. And the contest will
> suffer as a result.
>
> 73, Richard - K5NA
>
>
>
> At 02:16 3/3/2009, Russell Hill wrote:
>>Richard, if I were the 2nd top Texas station, I would be happy to
>>receive recognition for the extraordinary effort required for that
>>accomplishment.
>>
>>If you were the Top Texas station, then you should win the Top Texas
>>trophy, be it a wooden plaque or whatever.
>>
>>If you were also the top W5, Zone 4, USA, and world, that would not
>>make me the Top Texas station.  That would still be your accomplishment.
>>
>>73,
>>Rusty
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. King" <k5na at ecpi.com>
>>To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>>Cc: "Thompson, Randy" <k5zd at charter.net>
>>Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:14 PM
>>Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?
>>
>>
>>>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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