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

[donovanf at erols.com]

Hi Tim, 


Much to their credit, SEDXA changed their September DX Contest rules 
https://t-rexsoftware.com/sedxc/100_watts_and_a_wire/index.htm 
to fully comply with the long established ARRL recommendation: 


" HF contests take place on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10-meters. 
Contest sponsors have agreed to keep the 60, 30, 17 and 12-meter 
bands off limits from competitive events. " 


www.arrl.org/contest-basics 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 


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

From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at gmail.com> 
To: "Frank Donovan W3LPL (Frank Donovan W3LPL)" <donovanf at erols.com> 
Cc: "cq-contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>, "PVRC Reflector" <pvrc at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 5:14:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [PVRC] A DX Contest on the WARC bands -- A terrible idea 


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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