Gee, I thought I said that it does not mean too much without previous years
data but I guess I should have expected it. Will see what next year's
averages bring. This is if I am around to compute them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Heatwole" <nat@ajheatwole.com>
To: "Richard Zalewski" <w7zr@citlink.net>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS CW YEAR
> > Not that it means too much without having previous years data but of
> the
> > 1041 QSOs I had the average year first licensed was 1965. Not a good
> sign!
> > Dick W7ZR
>
> Dick,
> This is not necessarily a bad thing. What's important is the *CHANGE* in
> the average year first licensed, *NOT* the current value. Just because
> your average year is 1965 doesn't really mean anything other than that
> your average year is 1965. What's really important is whether than
> number is going up, going down, or staying the same. If it's staying the
> same, that's fine. If it's going down, that's even better. But if it's
> going up, then I would agree that it's not a good sign.
>
> 73, Nat, WZ3AR
> (age 19, first licensed in 1998)
>
>
>
>From J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com Sun Dec 8 20:18:25 2002
From: J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com (J. Allen)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Sectional Problems. de VY1JIA
Message-ID: <001201c29ef6$f9979700$ef096cd8@jallen>
Be careful what you wish for... You may just get it
In my original e-mail and the follow-up with a representative in RAC and a
rep in ARRL, the wrote only that YT, NU and NT (or NWT if they prefer)
should ALL be equally accepted by the contest rules for the section which
ARRL calls NWT.
The reasons for not separating, YT/NU/NT are obvious if anyone wants to
continue getting clean sweep cups... There simply are not enough ACTIVE
contest operators in these areas to merit three separate sections.
Perhaps there are in MAR, but I would suggest that it still be kept as a
single section, and that the software on ARRL's end can easily be adjusted
to accommodate standard two letter postal abbreviations or similar from each
political entity, like accepting YT, NU, and NT, equally from us in the
north.
I say this again because it is very important... Please, for YOUR sakes, if
anything, press ARRL and/or RAC to keep YT/NU/NT together, and just accept
individual names equally.
Remember... For many contests, I have been the only one on from our section
and as a result, I miss the sweep. Bottom line... If I cannot find another
YT/NU/NT station from up here, the difficulty of finding that last section
for the general SS ops can only be imagined.
If you choose to support us in this, do it in such a way that it does not
destroy a good contest. Let's just go with the simplest solution. Let
software and contest rules be user friendly.
Sincerely,
J.
VY1JA
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