[CQ-Contest] [PVRC] A DX Contest on the WARC bands -- A terrible idea

[donovanf at erols.com]

Much the their credit, the SEDXC updated their contest rules 
for what will hopefully be a very popular DX contest. 



https://t-rexsoftware.com/sedxc/100_watts_and_a_wire/index.htm 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2 at gmail.com> 
To: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at gmail.com> 
Cc: "Frank Donovan W3LPL (Frank Donovan W3LPL)" <donovanf at erols.com>, "cq-contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>, "PVRC Reflector" <pvrc at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 6:32:04 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [PVRC] A DX Contest on the WARC bands -- A terrible idea 



It is really no different than CQ magazine's DX Marathon other than it only runs a month and does sum DX entities from each band together, but one could argue that the DX Marathon is just as much of a contest on the WARC bands since they (and 60 meters) are permitted for scoring. 


73 John AF5CC 



On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 1:09 PM Tim Shoppa < tshoppa at gmail.com > wrote: 


Frank, is it as simple that they made the mistake in calling it a 
"Contest"? If they called it an "Activity tracker" or "QSO Party" would 
that have been better? 

The ARRL encouraged activity on all bands and modes in 2014 with their 
Centennial QSO Party. Including awarding points for WARC bands. And it 
didn't cause any problems. http://www.arrl.org/centennial 

Tim N3QE 

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:54 PM < donovanf at erols.com > wrote: 

> The URL for the Southeast DX Club's badly thought out DX 
> contest rules that include contesting in the WARC bands is: 
> 
> https://t-rexsoftware.com/sedxc/100_watts_and_a_wire/index.htm 
> 
> I urge you to immediately state your objections to the SEDXC 
> club president at: c.catledge at gmail.com 
> 
> Hopefully this very well respected DX club (at least until now) 
> will correct their egregious error before Sept 1st. 
> 
> If no correction is made, all self respecting contesters should 
> boycott this contest in protest. 
> 
> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
> 
> 
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