[CQ-Contest] multi-contesting

[Julius Fazekas]

Well, that seems to be a general problem these days, not just contesting related. Emotions sometimes run rampant when simple logical discussion would be more effective and leave everyone in a win-win situation.

The diehard CHing community in no different than the group here. Diverse, passionate and sometimes just plain insane ;o)

Live long and prosper,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html

Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
http://www.tnqp.org/

Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366


--- On Mon, 3/23/09, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] multi-contesting
> To: "Julius Fazekas" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>, "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: "Dick Frey - K4XU" <k4xu at arrl.net>, "cq contest" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 6:54 PM
> It didn't help that after MARAC had
> put their list together, some of the
> MARAC people started demanding that all state QSO parties
> switch to their
> abbrevriations.
> 
> As I recall, one state QSO party did switch, at least for
> one year... and it
> caused problems for a couple of others when people who
> THOUGHT the MARAC
> abbrevriations were now the "official" ones for ALL state
> QSO parties.
> 
> And then, jumping on the bandwagon where those who claimed
> that the MARAC
> abbrevriations were actually mandated by the ARRL, so of
> course the
> anti-ARRL crowd used that to denounce the League (never let
> facts get in the
> way of a juicy rumor).
> 
> It was an ugly, ugly mess before it all died down.
> 
> Yes, 'twas a shame.  But maybe we should let that
> sleeping dog lie?
> 
> 73
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Julius Fazekas
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 2:09 PM
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: Dick Frey - K4XU; cq contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] multi-contesting
> 
> 
> 
> I have a copy of this, and it makes a lot of sense. Of
> course, if it isn't
> adopted, it's still an orphan.
> 
> Shame as it took a lot of work to put it together...
> 
> Julius Fazekas
> N2WN
> 
> Tennessee Contest Group
> http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> 
> Tennessee QSO Party
> http://www.tnqp.org/
> 
> Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> Elecraft K3/100 #366
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 3/23/09, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] multi-contesting
> > To: "Julius Fazekas" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "cq contest" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>,
> "Dick Frey - K4XU"
> <k4xu at arrl.net>
> > Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 1:45 PM
> > W0QE proposed a standard set of
> > abbreviations for the MARAC contest,
> > but they have never been adopted by state QSO
> parties,
> > where the state
> > is implied, and therefore isn't necessary in the
> > abbreviation (except
> > for multi-state QSO parties, like NEQP and 7QP).
> >
> > http://www.bnk.com/W0QE/county_hunting.html
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C (sending COADMS for the first time)
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Julius Fazekas <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Now if we could have standard County
> abbreviations so
> > we can play in MARAC this weekend as well, with
> little
> > difficulty...
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>,
> > http://www.ad1c.us
> >
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