Herb, got you and your neighbor on VP2V tonight. tnx Mike
On Nov 30, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Herb Schoenbohm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > As far as fun is concerned, I love to work DX on 160 as we all do......but > staying up all night and working more mainland stations and getting more > multipliers than any "DX" station for years during this contest, and then not > even showing up in the listing, is not my idea of fun. I know winning isn't > everything but having at least a chance to compete is the only thing....if I > can borrow from Vince Lomabardi's famous quote. The band tonight will be > full of a bee's nest of US stations calling CQ incessantly by machine and > many without any regard to DX stations. they will cover over 5T0SP, D3AA, > 7P8D and others who at least on the "gentleman's band" deserve some better > respect. > > Those in charge at the ARRL need to start thinking about what is wrong rather > than have the ivy covered arrogance that "our tradition is never wrong." > Just allow the CAC to deal with a revision to more adequately accommodate the > rest of the world, outside of this "East Coast always runs things at HQ" > syndrome. > > Again I will be happy to work anyone I can hear in this hornets nest but am > really tempted to use my Eu and African Beverages to work DX. I will however > make a special effort for those on the West Coast especially working W7DRA > with his 2 stage 6V6 5 watter...To me that would be the ultimate thrill to > accomplish in the cacophony of incessant CQ by many 100's that have only a > TX antenna and could care less what is on the frequency DX or not. > > 73, > > Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ > > > > On 11/30/2012 11:36 AM, Ron Spencer wrote: >> >> I don't understand why the ARRL refuses your request which seems quite >> reasonable to me. But I'd not let it ruin my fun! >> >> Good luck and I'm sure I'll hear and work you! >> >> 73 >> Ron >> N4XD > > _______________________________________________ > Topband reflector - [email protected] _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
