[CQ-Contest] SO (A) in ARRL 10/160

[Doug Scribner]

Bill,

You are right... Us little guys do cherish those Section and Division 
certificates!

Doug - K1ZO

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From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO (A) in ARRL 10/160


> Fewer catagories?  Nah.  We forget about the little guys  who use a
> vertical and 100W.  They cherish the third place finish single  band 
> 10meter LP
> assisted certificate in CQWW for the fourth district.  For  us big guns 
> its
> ZZZZZZZZZ, but to them it's important.
>
> We should all remember when those trivial certificates got the  premier
> places on our walls in the shack....all because there were lots of 
> categories.
>
> Bill K4XS
>
>
> In a message dated 11/27/2013 11:39:58 A.M. Coordinated Universal Ti,
> pokane at ei5di.com writes:
>
> On  27/11/2013 05:15, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>> It is too bad the ARRL  did not take the forward looking position and use
>> this opportunity to  allow all single ops to use spotting assistance.
> These
>> contests  would benefit from less categories rather than more.
>
> And why has K5ZD  not already done the same for "his"
> contest - CQWW?  It's because a  recent survey made it
> clear that we, the SO entrants, didn't want  it.
>
> The only benefit of this move would be to CQ and ARRL.
> As  contest sponsors, they would be relieved of the
> unwanted responsibility of  identifying which single
> ops used spotting assistance from other  operators.
> Wasn't that once known as Multi-Op?  :-)
>
> Fewer  categories?  Yes, why not?  Let's take the
> forward looking  position and combine power levels.
> And what about "classic"  categories?   Well, it's
> obvious - real men don't need time  off.
>
> 73,
> Paul  EI5DI
>
>
>
>
>
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