[CQ-Contest] NAQP Rules for 2013

[David Gilbert]

Can you please explain to me ... in objective terms ... why it matters 
overall (i.e., to the contest community in general) whether DC is a 
multiplier or not?  This is a contest, with everyone competing for the 
same set of multipliers no matter how many or which ones they are.  It 
seems to me that the exact definition of the multipliers is more or less 
arbitrary, with the only difference being that maybe you become a more 
attractive contact if DC becomes a multiplier.  Pardon me for thinking 
that sounds just a tad self-serving of you.

Dave   AB7E


On 1/8/2013 1:14 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> DC is the only top-level political subdivision in the United States or
> Canada that is not a multiplier. All the Canadian territories are
> multipliers (I don't see anybody complaining that the Northwest
> Territories, Yukon Territory, or Nunavut are not provinces) as is
> every American territory located in North America. Puerto Rico, the U.
> S. Virgin Islands, Navassa Island, and Desecheo Island are all
> multipliers. Heck, a building in New York is a multiplier in this
> contest, but not a federal district with 600,000 residents?
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:05 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
>> And DC is not a State.
>>
>> Mike W0MU
>>
>>
>> On 1/8/2013 8:46 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>>> Yet still DC is not a multiplier...
>>>
>>> We do not live in Maryland.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Paul, N8HM
>>> Washington, DC
>>>