[CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for contesting)

[Kelly Taylor]

Actually, with all due respect (and I mean that in a very non-sarcastic way,
Jim), you're missing a key point as well.

Adding sections is not in any way about contesting. Adding sections is a
decision made to better administrate a certain number or geographic of
members. Once the decision to add a section has been made, it will increase
the multiplier count, but the effect on contesting is an after-effect, not
the main reason for adding a section.

I would heartily support the amateurs in MAR in creating new sections, but
not for messing with multipliers merely for contesting purposes.

73, kelly
ve4xt

On 10/30/14 8:41 PM, "Jim Brown" <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 10/29/2014 1:09 PM, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA wrote:
>> A group of us contesters here in the "MAR" section feel the time has come to
>> announce the end of the MAR section in not only ARRL contests but all
>> contests. When our Department of Communications (now Industry Canada)
>> granted us separate prefixes for New Brunswick (VE9), Nova Scotia (VE1) and
>> Prince Edward Island (VY2), they recognized they we were distinct Provinces
>> with enough Amateur Radio operators to support a distinct call sign. And as
>> multipliers go, why wouldn't you want to have three new districts to work
>> when multiplied by six bands you have a substantial increase in your scores.
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> You are missing a couple of VERY large points here. First, adding
> multipliers like this is only justified if it benefits the entire
> contesting community. The addition of the three new VE3 sections HURT
> competition in SS, because those sections are far easier to work for W1,
> W2, W3 than for W6 and W7. The same would be true for NAQP and NA
> Sprint. Second, if you want to add sections, you must justify that by
> having a critical mass of stations on the air from those sections. I've
> got a big station, and it's rare that I work more than one or two MAR in
> those contests. DC wants to split from MDC, but it's also rare to find a
> DC station workable from the west coast, especially since W3DQ has been
> laid up.
> 
> Third, many contests have 100W and QRP categories. From a contesting
> point of view, to justify adding those multipliers, you've got to have
> multiple stations capable of HEARING stations at that power level from
> all participating sections.
> 
> Think of this -- count the active contesters in MAR, count those in CA.
> I want the same number of sections per contester out here as you have
> there.
> 
> Finally -- for those of us on the left coast, WPX and NA contests are
> almost the only ones where we can be competitive. All the DX contests,
> including those on 160, are a waste of time. Don't screw that up for us!
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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