Just in case anyone isn't clear, this was intended to be in full sarcastica
font.
Kelly
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> On May 28, 2015, at 8:19, "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Not really Kelly.
>
> We have already spent the 2 years having the circular arguments. Time for
> someone who its important to - to step up and lead.
>
> If it takes an email campaign to generate interest, then the 2 years of
> dialog have been bogus. There should be immediate and great interest in
> such a contest.
>
> There is no need for this contest to duplicate the CQWW approach. IARU and
> ARRL DX do quite fine with a fraction of the oversight that CQWW is doing.
>
> There is no reason to tie the contest to a published and printed magazine.
> It could easily be epublished. Heck even CQWW was probably one more delayed
> issue away from taking that step due to CQ Mags problems. That being said,
> NCJ might be interested. Seeing how many pages they devote to line scores
> of some pretty thin participation contests, this could be a big win for NCJ.
>
> So either take the lead boys or stop complaining.
>
> Ed N1UR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Taylor [mailto:ve4xt@mymts.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:05 AM
> To: sawyered@earthlink.net; George via CQ-Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] DX Contest scoring schemes
>
> Ed,
>
> You're forgetting a few things, so just to help fill out the checklist:
>
> 1. Pick a contest date
> 2. Start a website.
> 3. Spend a year or two chasing circular arguments about what the rules
> should be, 4. Begin an email campaign to generate interest 5. Organize a
> slate of volunteers with unlimited travel budgets to check logs, visit
> stations, cross-reference logs with SDR recordings, write the contest
> results article, tabulate the Top 10 and multiple regional boxes, 6. Line up
> sponsors to pay for plaques and for buying space in a magazine to publish
> the results (since you probably don't own a magazine).
> 7. Put on your flame-proof underwear for the inevitible whinging about how
> badly you screwed up the rules.
>
> I think that covers it, yes?
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
>> On 5/28/15 8:24 AM, "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Guys - Can we finish with this annually recurring topic and do
>> something about it? Find a weekend in April or September, establish
>> your dream contest rules, tell everyone to be there, set up a website,
>> and see how it goes for a couple years. It should be amazingly
>> popular with contesters west of the Mississippi in the US, all of
>> Oceana, Deep Asia, and South America. The rest of US and EU I am sure
>> will join in as usual. Count me in as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you insist on a contest that is existing be changed to try it, I
>> would suggest the major contest with the absolute worst growth rate
>> and demographics currently operating, ARRL Sweepstakes. Or, if it
>> needs to be a DX contest, probably IARU RadioSport is the hind dog in the
> pack fro growth.
>> All other majors are growing quite nicely as is.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed N1UR
>>
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