[CQ-Contest] NAQP Revised Rules

AE1P ae1p at arrl.net
Fri Dec 16 11:02:43 EST 2016


Amen!!

Thx, Dave.

73,

Neil,

AE1P


On 12/16/2016 1:14 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
> Not sure why this is so difficult to understand.
>
> As I see it, the focus of NAQP has always been as a single op activity 
> ... low power and simple structure (I could list several facets of the 
> contest that support that claim).  Packet pretty much disrupts that 
> intent, so those who insist on using packet get relegated to a 
> "secondary" multi-user category instead of adding another category to 
> support an activity (packet) that the contest as originally configured 
> probably preferred to avoid anyway.
>
> You're trying to broaden the focus of this contest and make it like 
> lots of others.  Most NAQP ops seem to prefer that it doesn't.  I'm 
> not a huge fan of K0HB's incessant "a boy and his radio" mantra, but I 
> think it applies pretty well in this case. In my opinion, that's a 
> major appeal of the contest.
>
> Dave   AB7E

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73,
Neil,
AE1P


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