Topband: ARRL LOTW and More

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Joe,  I don't ask for both....just wish to be treated the same way as 
another station a few miles north (VP2V) .   Actually there is little 
"DX" on during this contest compared to the others like CQ and TBDC.   
The ARRL has a list of DXCC entities which works for all their other 
contests but for some strange reason disallows U.S. Territories for 
their 160 meter contest.  Makes no sense.


Herb, KV4FZ





On 12/18/2012 6:08 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> Herb,
>
> > I complained in past posts about the lack of fairness in the
> > ARRL 160 Meter Contest for not treating the U.S. Territories
> > as DX, no not even KP1 or KP5, none.  But with the ARRL 10
> > Meter contest that followed, stations located in the U.S.
> > Territories are indeed DX as it should be.  Why in the world
> > won't anyone on the CAC or at HQ realize that there is no
> > acceptable reason for not correcting this problem. or if
> > there is they aren't saying.
>
> Calling KP2 and KP4 DX for the ARRL 160 Meter Contest would mean
> that you *could not work DX.*  You have bitched for years that DX
> thought the could not work you - I can find the references in the
> archives going back almost to be beginning of this list) but it
> would mean that you got to count each QSO with the rest of us on
> the mainland as 5 points instead of 2 points.  Now you want to be
> able to work DX but count all your QSOs as five points instead
> of two?
>
> Do you want to be DX or work everybody?  Take your pick but don't
> act like a two year old and say "both!"
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 12/18/2012 3:41 PM, herbs wrote:
>> After several frustrating weeks of trying to figure out why
>> my ARRL LOTW uploads were not registering I decided to
>> contact the company.  It seems they are back logged beyond
>> comprehension.  Not even the most recent DX-Peditions who
>> have uploaded all there logs are showing up.  As a result
>> confirmations will not show either.  I certainly hope that
>> some DX-ers don't get bumped from the Honor Roll because of
>> this slow down in accreditation.  LOTW used to be very fast
>> and now it is so slow to almost not be worth the money
>> charged for the service.
>>
>> I complained in past posts about the lack of fairness in the
>> ARRL 160 Meter Contest for not treating the U.S. Territories
>> as DX, no not even KP1 or KP5, none.  But with the ARRL 10
>> Meter contest that followed, stations located in the U.S.
>> Territories are indeed DX as it should be.  Why in the world
>> won't anyone on the CAC or at HQ realize that there is no
>> acceptable reason for not correcting this problem. or if
>> there is they aren't saying.
>>
>> I struggle to find out who is responsible for prohibiting
>> this correction. HQ tells me to write the CAC members and
>> the CAC members tell me they have no power to do anything
>> unless they are "tasked" by those in command at HQ.  I see
>> how easy it was to give Ontario more sections and even in
>> the ARRL 10 Meter Contest you get multipliers by working
>> "Mexican" states that nobody knows about, that some how
>> found relevance...I don't know how this is logically done
>> but someone must have the way to make things happen at HQ.
>> I presume that there are some fundemental democratic
>> principles that would allow for debate fo this topic so I
>> can make my case on behalf of the much malighed U.S.
>> Territories in the structure of this contest's rules.
>>
>> If you know what to do.  Please let me know.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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