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

[Greg]

Exactly.  I'm proud of the regional certs earned.  I know I cannot compete
nationally with my one yagi and inverted L.  It's like my wife's barrel
racing...they compete in classes.  If they did not have that and only went
up against those who make the NFR then what's the point.  May as well not
even bother.

73
Greg
AB7R

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Doug Scribner <dscribner at myfairpoint.net>wrote:

> Bill,
>
> You are right... Us little guys do cherish those Section and Division
> certificates!
>
> Doug - K1ZO
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> 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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