[RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013

[Ken Alexander]

It's not archaic, it's logical.

Canada, Australia and the U.S. are large countries, so part of the 
challenge of working all call districts means that you managed to hit 
all corners of a country the size of Europe.  As a non-U.S. ham looking 
for multipliers I don't want to waste my time calling a W6 only to find 
he's NOT from California.  It's annoying (actually, it's annoying the 
rest of the year too).  You work a VK4 and you know he's in Queensland; 
you work a JA8 and you know he's in Hokkaido; you work a VE1 and you 
know he's in Nova Scotia.  You work a W6 and he could be anywhere.  In a 
contest that's a waste of our time.

It baffles me why the FCC would let a ham move to a different call 
district and keep their original call sign (I assume that's what is 
happening.  I hope that, for example, they aren't issuing W7 calls to 
new hams who live in New York State).  Regardless, it's a bed that 
someone down there made and unfortunately a few times a year you have to 
sleep in it.

I hope BARTG keeps the rules just the way they are.

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS




On 2013-01-06 9:29 PM, Ed wrote:
> On 01/06/2013 04:36 AM, Roger Cooke wrote:
>> Hi.
>
>> Full rules can be found on the BARTG web site here:
>
> When will BARTG revamp their archaic rules for US call areas.
>
> Ed W3NR
>
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