[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Contest View

[Tom Haavisto]

Hi Mike

Just a reminder:
Plaques are available to be sponsored.
YES - it costs money.  They are NOT expensive.

BUT - how cool is it to have MY call (ahem) hanging on the wall in YOUR
shack (as the sponsor of the plaque that is hanging on your wall).

Anyway...  YES - I sponsor a few plaques.
YES - I would like others to join me :-)

So - if you want more plaques - time to step up :-)

Tom - VE3CX


On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:04 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Hey Bob/FCN
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> How many plaques were available to Canadians vs. Americans in ARRL-DX?
> (don't answer, it's rhetorical)
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> If you can't win 40m LP, I see a few other LP categories you can enter.
> SOABLP, SOAB(U) LP or fight for a Division win in using all bands.
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> That, or buy an amp..
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> The playing field (for plaques) is not fair in most contests.ARRL is not
> special..more than a few times over the years I've sponsored plaques in
> CQWPX, STEW PERRY and a couple others etc. and about 25% of the time, I've
> ended up winning one.
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> Sorry - that's contesting !
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> With respect
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> Mike VE9AA
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> GM All
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>             Some of you may remember this post as I have posted it a few
> times in past
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>             several years.  I love DX contest, tho ARRL's  DX test not so
> much...... Why you say?
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>             OK  for a couple reasons I really enjoy Single Band competition
> mostly 40 mtrs.
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>             Unfortunately ARRL puts me in a disadvantage position,
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> Single Band.
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>             I am a life long low power operator and all the DX /Awards/
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>             comes my way sooner or latter ( "All good things come to those
> who wait " thank
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>             you Mr. Cassidy WA6AUD ),  but the disadvantage is as a Single
> operator Single band
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>             I compete against High power op's. Sometimes I come out first
> place USA anyway,
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>             but I know any High Power guy entering even semi-seriously will
> blow me away.
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>             The ARRL does levels the playing field somewhat for ALL Band
> entries.  CQ has managed to
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>             have a distinction between Low Power and High Power for single
> band enthusiast for years.
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>                                          ARRL it's past time to acknowledge
> low power guys
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>             Even if you only put a star or something in your listings.
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>             If you look at 3830 listings you can see they separate
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>            ARRL DX Low power from High power but that is only their
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> not ARRL's.
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>            Some years I bypass this contest for just this reason.  This
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> I have not made up my mind
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>             yet.      In any case to all who participate enjoy and get a
> brief escape from the virus.
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>                     BoB WA1FCN
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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