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From: n4ww austin regal <n4ww@earthlink.net>
To: John Crovelli <w2gd@hotmail.com>; fcg@kkn.net
Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 8:08:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FCG] arrl dx? contest
Hi John,
It really raises the Blood Pressure of some of locals to suggest that arrl should be a WW contest. I just think it would be much better participation world wide and in turn more USA would get on to work more dx all over the world
The sentiment that arrl dx contest is what it is and dont mess with it is pretty much the arguement of all the traditionalist here also. So be it. I dont like the contest and never will so I can get
the weekend off from contesting.
73 doc n4ww
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From: John Crovelli
To:
n4ww@earthlink.net Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 7:54 PM
Subject: RE: arrl dx? contest
Austin,
P40W appreciates your efforts year after year. :-)
This distance based scoring crapola is going to give hope to the geographical 'havenots' in the black hole and beyond. But the reality will be the NE USA will still dominate in most years.
People just don't understand the nature of the ARRL DX. It has always been USA/VE works the world. It is NOT a true DX contest like CQWW, WPX, or IARU. So any comparisions are apples and FL oranges. Are there ways to improve DX participation.....sure, let them work each other for less
points, and make USA/VE contacts worth 3,4,5 or 6 times more.
I have a bad feeling about all of this.....the CAC is driving down the wrong path....IMHO.
Stay cool.
gD/3
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From:
n4ww@earthlink.net To:
w2gd@hotmail.com Subject: arrl dx? contest
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:52:18 -0400
Wow, John you are passionate about this one.
I for one dont operate the ARRL ?dx? contest for past 20 years (except to work p40w) because there is so much lack of participation by the rest of the world. It used to be that you could maybe squeeze out 100 countries on
one of the low bands 160,80,40 but not anymore.
The rest of the native world except europe consider arrl dx contest a bad contest. That wont change much with any rule change except making it a world wide contest.
But have fun fighting the arrl system.
doc n4ww
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