Topband: How does this make any sense?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Respectfully, I don't think this is anywhere close to right.

I disagree with you ... the Advisory Committees have no independent
advisory role and have generally not been permitted to gather and
evaluate input on topics other than the narrow issues assigned by
the staff.  They have become an "echo chamber" for the preconceived
positions of the staff and insiders.

> For example, the CAC did an exemplary job of developing a League
> position on where Skimmer techn0ology fit in its contests.

A prime example of an Advisory Committee rubber stamping the position
of the staff and insiders.  Relegating skimmers entirely within one's
own station (I'm not talking about remote receiver skimmers or RBN) to
an "assisted" class was preordained.  It ignores the historical embrace
of technological innovation and is the first/only case that technology
(software or hardware that does not use input from a person other than
the station operator) has been singled out for special treatment.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 12/1/2012 9:10 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Respectfully, I don't think this is anywhere close to right.  For
> example, the CAC did an exemplary job of developing a League position on
> where Skimmer techn0ology fit in its contests.  A lot depends on the CAC
> chairman at any given time, and on getting the ARRL Board to give the
> CAC the right tasks to do.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 12/1/2012 8:09 AM, Greg Chartrand wrote:
>> It doesn't make any sense, and its not intended to.
>> I've given up with the league. My experience has been that  the
>> "advisory" boards have virtually no influence on decisions that are
>> made about contests or anything for that matter. That's why I stopped
>> contributing to this "private club".
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>> Thanks for the comments Ron.  For some reason I just can't think of how
>> in a 160 meter international contest that if you work KH6 you get no
>> additional  multiplier for working Guam, Wake Island, Swains, American
>> Samoa, Midway, Johnson, Kingman Reef, Kure Island!  These are all
>> separate entities over at the so call ARRL DXCC Desk but apparently not
>> at the "Contest Desk".
>>
>> How does this make any sense?
>>
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