[CQ-Contest] Spring & NAQP

[David Siddall]

Hi Jim,

It isn't surprising that you failed to work every station that was on in a
contest -- I never have either!

Please go through your 110,000 QSOs again looking for some of the other
multipliers.  I suggest:

North Korea
Ethiopia
Vatican
Nepal

Your argument is that we should limit multiplier status to entities that
consistently participate.

Do you really think that this is the way to promote contest activity?

73,  Dave


p.s.  In fact, we met at a PVRC meeting in Maryland where you talked about
chokes.  You're certainly welcome any time.


On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I just went through 8 years of logs, about 110,000 QSOs. K3VOA is in my
> log once, for 2008 ARRL 10M. N8HM is in my log once -- 2014 WPX RTTY. W3HAC
> is in my log once, for SSB SS in 2014. W3DQ is in my log five times. NN3RP
> shows up 10 times. KE3X is there for 32 Qs.
>
> Looking at the last four years of contests where DC is a mult, I worked DC
> in ARRL 10M in 2012 and 2014 (W1AW/3). I worked DC in RTTY RU only in 2013.
> The last time I worked DC in CQ 160 was in 2011, when I worked W3DQ.
> Bottom line -- in contests where DC counts as a mult, I worked DC in only
> about one third of them in the last four years.
>
> To be fair, this does not include my W6BX and KU6W logs. I use W6BX for
> split-site operation in SS, and KU6W for most WPX.
>
> I know about the DC lunch meeting -- W3DQ brought me along when my XYL and
> I were staying with him and his lovely XYL Jennifer for a few days on our
> way home from a Baltimore wedding.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On Sat,1/24/2015 4:03 PM, David Siddall wrote:
>
>> W1AW/3 (@K3VOA), N8HM, W3HAC, KE3X,  W3DQ & NN3RP all were on from D.C. in
>> the 2014 ten meter contest.  But you would have to know the callsigns to
>> recognize which "MD" stations were located in D.C. for NAQP because some
>> signed "MD" to prevent others having logging problems.  PVRC even holds a
>> monthly meeting in downtown D.C. to which anyone interested in contesting
>> is welcome, including anyone on this reflector.
>>
>> There's activity and interest in DC, notwithstanding that after 9-11
>> security at government buildings has made access difficult or impossible
>> for non-employees at some of the better club stations that used to get on
>> regularly.  (I operated my first contest after college at W3DOS in D.C.,
>> before being invited by K7UGA to join W3USS at the other end of the Mall.)
>>    73, Dave K3ZJ
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