Well, Rich you stepped in it.
I agree that DC should be a multiplier - just not in sweepstakes. Sweeps has
traditionally been a contest of ARRL/CARL sections or amalgamations of
sections. It has never a recognized subsection of sections as multipliers
Keeping with tradition, DC is a subsection of the Maryland/DC ARRL section and
should not be separately broken out.
Now, as to other contests, ARRL DX, ARRL 10, ARRL 160, and the CQ 160 all
recognize DC as a separate multiplier. Its a separate entity, represented by a
separate government with its own police force, charter, and whatnot.
Why the NCJ contests don't recognize it as an entity is beyond me.
And for disclosure purposes, this should not be a macropolitical issue. Since
ARRL, CQ magazine, DARC, JARL and countless entities assign entity status to an
ungodly number of entities, there is no political taint to assigning DC
multiplier statuts.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q@msn.com>
To: "cq-contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Section phonetics on phone
> And by the way, DC should be a separate multiplier, in my opinion. Why not,
> it'd add to the fun, and would definitely get more activity out of W3DQ,
> K3VOA, W3DOS, KE3VV (I think it is) and whoever else resides in D.C. and
> they'd have a heck of a good time being a rare mult (like NNY) and we'd have
> a good time having another one to work for the sweep. This is a unique
> situation in the continental U.S., I think, two jurisdictions being combined
> like this. D.C. is definitely not a part of Maryland as anyone in Maryland
> or D.C. could tell you. The comparable situations, like I say, may be
> VE8/VY1, non-U.S., Maritime Canada where more than one province is combined,
> KG4/KP2 being combined, and the Pacific section where various islands or
> island groups, separated by large distances, are combined into the PAC
> section, all the "KH" callsigns. Can you imagine if each of the KH groups
> was a separate SS mult?? That'd definitely add some interest and some life
> into SS operation fr
om
> the Pacific! And, unless someone went to places like KH9, nobody would get
> a sweep! So maybe that one's a bad idea, for that reason!
>
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