[CQ-Contest] Club/Group competition 275 km radius in CQ Contest (petition for change).

[Joe]

I'm probably going to be in the minority on this as  I have been on most 
other topics like this.

But I think in exactly the opposite direction. I feel the circle is ten 
times TOO BIG right now!  I do not feel that two people over 500 miles 
apart are in the same club.

A club is a group of people that often meet Like at a monthly meeting.  
An organization yes can have members 1000's of miles apart.  But a club 
is a "Local" thing.  A Club is something you would be willing to drive 
to a meeting once a month to actually meet the other members of the club.

I don't know many clubs that have members driving 200+ miles to go to a 
monthly meeting.

I'd like the circle to be actually reduced to like a 25 mile radius.  
Thats a "Club" sized circle.

If ya want more members in your club get more in the club. simple.

But I'll put my flame suit on now.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 4/6/2011 4:16 PM, Martin Monsalvo, LU5DX wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> We started a petition to ask the organizers of CQ Contest to review the 275
> Km radius rule (Club/Group) competition.
> We have been allowed by the organizers to submit our contest scores to our
> clubs/groups for eleven years now, but we really feel it is time for a
> change.
>
> This rule was originally written back in 1948 when these competitions
> started and certainly the wording took into account the situation of the US
> based Clubs.
>
> There are countries outside USA and Europe where the territory is really
> vast and the ham population is very little. Our members feel encouraged to
> enter contests even if it is ocassionally if they are allowed to submit
> their scores to our Club/Groups, and we really believe that being these
> competitions world wide events, the situation of other regions needs to be
> considered.
>
> There are several options e.g.:
> Remove the geographic limitation completely, thus, allowing members of each
> Club to submit their scores to their club, no matter if they have moved
> temporarily or permanently.
> Keep this geographic limitation as it is for the US and Western Europe
> countries and remove it for the rest of the world, and so on.
>
> If you feel like signing the petition you can do so at:
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/275km/
>
> Thanks in advance for getting involved.
>
>
> Regards!
>
>