[VHFcontesting] VHF+ Contesting Rule Changes

[Bob K0NR - email list]

Ward,
Thanks for sharing this as it provides useful context.

73, Bob K0NR

On 1/1/2015 10:42 PM, Ward Silver wrote:
> With respect to the new categories, there's nothing particularly odd 
> about the timing.  The changes approved in January of 2014 (and 
> publicly announced in board reports) have just taken a while to work 
> their way through an over-burdened system.  Here's my take on it - not 
> official, I'm not staff, I just edit contest writeups and help shovel 
> on various projects :-)
>
> The ARRL Board Programs and Services Committee approved the addition 
> of Single-Op Unlimited categories to *all* ARRL contests at the 
> January 2014 meeting.  This was based on a recommendation in 2013 by 
> the CAC that was approved by the Awards Committee, THEN passed to the 
> P&SC which THEN passes it back to staff.  Here's the report:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/Committee%20Reports/2014/January/Doc_16.pdf 
>
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