[CQ-Contest] DC in NAQP, WHY?

[Radio K0HB]

Lost in the noise about adding D.C. as a multiplier, is the (welcome to
most) addition of a few new VE/VY mults also. Where is the dismay and
handwringing about that?

73, de Hans, K0HB (grinnin', duckin', and runnin')


On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 17:43 Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> Only one of which managed to get on the air in RTTY RU.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On Tue,1/10/2017 11:10 AM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> > Lets see....
> >
> > W3DQ
> >
> > KE3X
> >
> > NN3RP
> >
> > K3VOA
> >
> > 4U1WB
> >
> > W3HAC
> >
> > To name a few...
> >
> > 73 Rich NN3W
> >
> >
> > On 1/10/2017 1:25 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> >> I have exactly the same question. Modern cities are a terrible place
> >> to try to do ham radio. I don't know of a single contest station
> >> within the city of San Francisco; AB9H and WO9S operate one of two
> >> contests from the city of Chicago. I lived and operated from a mixed
> >> residential/industrial neighborhood in Chicago, and my station was
> >> more modest than that of W3DQ. DC was a multiplier in RTTY RU, and it
> >> appears that W3DQ was the only DC station on the air.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
> >>
> >> On Mon,1/9/2017 5:02 PM, Oliver Sweningsen wrote:
> >>> There was a decision on including DC as a multiplier for NAQP.  At
> >>> who's
> >>> suggestion and, who made the decision to alter the rules?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There are many who would like to know, just why the change was made.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Who will benefit?
> >>>
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