[CQ-Contest] Announcing the North America SSB Sprint-boycott from "MAR"

[Paul Stoetzer]

This contest doesn't use sections as multipliers. It just randomly combines
a couple of the Canadian areas. Plus it lumps DC in with Maryland.

"Scoring: Multiply total valid contacts by the sum of the US states,
Canadian multipliers (see below), and other North American countries to get
final score (do not count US and Canada as countries). The District of
Columbia counts as Maryland. KH6 DOES count as a state in this contest,
even though it is not a North American country. The eight Canadian
multipliers are Maritime (VE1, VE9, VO1, VO2, and VY2); VE2 through VE7,
and Yukon-Northern Territories (VY1, VYØ, and VE8). Non-North American
countries do not count as multipliers but do count for
contact credit for North American stations."

This is overly complex and doesn't make much sense. Sweepstakes' use of
sections (including MAR and MDC) is consistent and logical. This is not
(and neither is NAQP's lumping of DC in with Maryland).

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
wrote:

> C'mon Mike, not this again.
>
> Look, if you feel that there shouldn't be a Maritime Section in the RAC,
> and
> can convince them of that, I'm all for it!
>
> But this is an administrative decision of RAC.
>
> If a contest uses ARRL/RAC Sections as Multipliers, as many traditionally
> have done so for decades... that is the way to get things changed.
>
> In other words, I'm not saying you're wrong.  I'm saying that you're
> barking
> up the wrong tree!
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:34 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing the North America SSB Sprint-boycott
> from "MAR"
>
> This is no slight to the fine fellows of the Sprint, nor my many FB friends
> in "contesting land",
>
> but please read my comments re: "MAR".(found in your rules).my opinions are
> those of most of the members of MCC, so
>
> although I won't officially speak "for them", you can rest assured most of
> them feel the same way.
>
> I have now rec'd 3 direct emails re: the Sprints, so feel I can comment
> publicly on this as I am being targeted to get on and be active.
>
> ==================
>
>
>
> Bob/Chris/Dean et al, VE9=NB, VE1=NS, and VY2=PEI.has been since 1993.there
> is no such thing as a Maritime contest section except in the minds of the
> ARRL for Sweepstakes and evidently the NA Sprints. (all others allow
> provinces)
>
> Even in our own RAC contests, we are allowed to use our respective
> provinces.
>
>
>
> You may wonder why participation in (All) Sprints is so extremely low from
> (ahem) what you call "MAR"...now you know.  Participation is historically
> low for any contest which forces us to use an arbitrary multiplier lumping
> 3
> official provinces together.  I know, I have checked.
>
>
>
> Please change the rules to reflect what 98% of other contests allow
> (everyone to send their own province) and I will bet you a cold 807
> activity
> levels will go up.  I myself will make it a point to get on for every one.
>
>
>
> With respect, but I will be boycotting this contest (and all Sprints), ARRL
> SS and the CaQP probably forever until it changes.
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
> p.s.- As promised, I passed the message along to the MCC group, but you can
> realistically expect a low turnout - sorry.
>
> p.p.s- I mean, you wouldn't expect a section to be created that combined
> RI,
> DE and ME and call it RIDE ME, now would you?  Who would want to compete in
> that?
>
> p.p.p.s-My other option is to get on, participate and send "NB" but that's
> just being evil.  I don'\t want to mess up everyones logs, I just want
> fairness across the board.
>
>
>
> Mike dit dit
>
>
>
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