Re: [CQ-Contest] RES: CQ WPX M/M Distributed Category Update

[wa1fcnbeaudoin <wa1fcn@charter.net>]

GA Rich

        You mention growing up in the 80's so I'll guess you are bit 
young to remember this.
            A publication, I believe it was NCJ around late 1990's   
early 2000's had a listing in each issue
                of station owners willing to open their stations to 
new/less equipped contestors.  I took
            advantage of VE3RM's (sk) offer and twice flew up to 
Ontario and operated his station in
            two contest.  A nice friend he became.   I believe this is 
an idea that someone or some publication
            should revive.  I mean is this not one more way to let 
youngsters know some of us want to give back?
               I wonder now if there are any others out there that 
remember this list and took advantage
            of it.   In any case Rich all the best   BoB  WA1FCN

On 4/2/2021 12:22 PM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> Im not seeing what the concern is with respect to a multi-multi.  Lets be
> honest, many of the new kids who we've managed to get into the hobby are
> not putting up huge towers at their home QTHs and they're not independently
> making thousands of QSOs from home.  Many of them are 1) teens who have to
> get approval from the parents for a station (which requires money), and 2)
> located in suburbs where HOAs rule the day and many of them CANNOT
> effectively get on the air even if they wanted to from their homes in the
> traditional sense of getting on the air.
>
> When I was growing up in the 1980s, I had supportive parents but lived an
> area where ham radio was granted with only indifference.  I had a TA33-Jr
> mounted on a roof tower which was - at best - 25 feet in the air.  If you
> wanted to make a "splash", more often than not you had to go to a host QTH
> where an established ham had a couple of towers and some read hardware.
> K6XT was the guy who really guided me along and I've been grateful to Art
> ever since.  Beyond Art there was Rick Craig's QTH (N6ND).
>
> That a station owner is willing to open his station(s) up to new contesters
> should be commended - not chastised.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:15 PM Martin, LU5DX <lu5dx@lucg.com.ar> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ray,
> >
> > I think you and the rest of the teams that entered the Multi-Operator
> > Distributed category did a really amazing thing inviting young people.
> > Facilitating that, is above and beyond anything we usually do as
> > contesters.
> > What you guys did serves a higher purpose.
> > Hopefully others will follow, on-site and remote.
> > Congratulations.
> >
> > Vy 73,
> >
> > Martín, LU5DX
> >
> > El vie., 2 abr. 2021 9:19 a. m., Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
> > escribió:
> >
> > > 5/17 M/M that posted on 3830 operated distributed. So basically 30% of
> > all
> > > M/M experimented in this category. I’m already in contact - they reached
> > > out to us from M/M stations in Europe on how to do.
> > >
> > > My post is about the excitement it has generated with young people and
> > > some of us OM. We have a youth program that is growing just not here in
> > the
> > > USA but worldwide. The very first dedicated youth station is on the air
> > > from Europe (Croatia) for young hams under the age of 26. We are doing
> > the
> > > same with generous hams or organizations in England, Norway, Puerto Rico
> > > and USA right now, these locations will come online soon. It gets even
> > > better, youths are giving back to youths. We have a few youths on the
> > > program that have opened up their own personal station(s) for other
> > youths
> > > to enjoy. Anyone that follows me on social media knows about all of this.
> > >
> > > We’re not doing this alone, we have generous station owners,
> > organizations
> > > and Flex Radio all joining forces to make this happen. We have an
> > > announcement forthcoming on the organizations that have joined forces.
> > >
> > > Young people are attracted to contesting - it’s like gaming to them. Just
> > > look at CWT results - you have some playing with the best in the world.
> > Two
> > > of the youths actually experimented in a M/2 distributed in CWT at the
> > 0300
> > > session this Weds and made 300 Q’s and 70,000+ points but didn’t submit a
> > > score because the category doesn’t exist, they did it to have fun. These
> > > are just some of the cool things you may not be hearing or seeing but
> > it’s
> > > actually happening.
> > >
> > > This is my last post on this subject here. You can follow us on FB or
> > > Twitter to get the latest updates on what’s happening.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Ray W2RE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Apr 2, 2021, at 1:51 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On 4/1/2021 5:55 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
> > > > > How is a DM any different than a Multi-Multi
> > > > Operator mentoring/learning and camaraderie are present at a physical
> > > multi. Far less so
> > > > A physical multi is usually a superior station, so builds operator
> > skill
> > > by providing higher rate.
> > > > My objections have nothing to do with technology, it's about more calls
> > > to work. A DM provides one call to work. Those same stations signing
> > their
> > > own calls increase the number of active stations, making the contest more
> > > fun for the rest of us.
> > > > 73, Jim K9YC
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