Topband: November 30-December 2 -- ARRL 160 Meter Contest

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Gary,  My mistake it was a different TB Gary K9AY that did the 160 Meter 
ARRL Contest write up for QST. As they say,  I had the right church but 
the wrong pew!

My apologies.


Herb, KV4FZ



On 11/29/2012 7:43 PM, kd9sv wrote:
> Herb, you mentioned that I had a write-up in QST...what or when was that?  I
> didn't see it.  73 and good luck with your ARRL battle...de gary, kd9sv
> Btw, listening to Nodir as I am writing this
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Herb
> Schoenbohm
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:15 PM
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> Subject: Topband: November 30-December 2 -- ARRL 160 Meter Contest
>
> Fellow Topband DX-ers:
>
>
> Again this weekend the ARRL presents the worst and most unfair 160 meter
> competition ever devised.  I must sound like a broken record on this
> problem but I have sent letters and e mail to members of the CAC to
> asked them to allow the US Territories to be what they are "DX" as it is
> impossible to even get listed for an effort that if I was treat like
> VP2V which I can see from my house, I would at least have a chance, in
> fact i would have come in first lace in the past few years as a DX
> station.  The CAC, the few who will write me back, say that any changes
> to rectify a totally unfair contest, is out of their hands and decided
> by a special secretive group inside the ARRL, who are not contesters at
> all. BTW for the purpose of this contest KP2 is counted the same as
> Navassa and Puerto Rico counts as Desecheo. Now how is that for a
> totally nonsensical approach.  Maybe you could demand Navassa credit on
> 160 after working me, but I really doubt that the DX desk will be
> amused.  In the Pacific, Guam and Hawaii all count the same as KH8 and
> KH8S in the vast Pacific region thousands of miles apart.  None have
> even a chance to do well with the decks stacked against them.  So they
> just don't participate at all.
>
> I had thought that in protest this year I would phase my Beverages on
> Europe and only listen to help out those who need the Virgin islands on
> 160.  Yet out of my concern for showing good sportsmanship I will work
> anyone I can hear.  But there is a request I have in return:  If I work
> you and give you the rare VI section, please take a few minutes after
> the contest to send an E mail to your division Director and copy the
> members of the CAC about fixing this long lingering unfairness.  The E
> mail addresses are available on the ARRL website.  The message is simple
> DX must be counted as DX as the VI, PR and all the other U.S.
> Territories are in their other DX contests.
>
> Also Gary, KD9SV has a great write up in QST but only is given two pages
> and can't mention the efforts of only a few east coast big guns.  No
> matter how hard I try there is no way a station outside of the 48 states
> can even get mentioned.  ARRL Field Day has a write up that is 13 pages
> long.  So one can think that 160 meters is still an after thought and
> those I try to reach out to at HQ really don't care.  Maybe i should get
> a bigger thrill out of working someone in SJV or SB or whatever but DX
> is DX and if the ARRL whats to have a 160 meter DX contest, this is not
> a good example of one.  It never has been.
>
> Cheers, Good luck and I will reluctantly see you in the contest.
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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