On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:48:04PM -0400, R Johnson wrote:
> Hi Frank:
> When you say " I have qsl cards from 3 of those members", what are members
> are you referring to ???
>
> Did I miss another message from [VHFcontesting] ???
>
> I didn't see anything leading into the Subject: "Vhf com. members" !!!
> Did I miss a transitional message ??
K3UHF began the thread of discussion on Tuesday:
http://lists.contesting.com/_vhfcontesting/2004-07/msg00189.html
You can browse through all the posts made to the list this month at:
http://lists.contesting.com/_vhfcontesting/2004-07/
> TNX es 73
> Bob, K1VU
>
>
> At 12:49 7/27/2004 , you wrote:
> >I have qsl cards from 3 of those members from the june/ 2003 e-skip
> >opening.
> > That would indicate that they are there. We should not sell anyone short
> >for not reporting. Some of these guys may not report because they are
> >letting
> >the new people play. However one my argue that it should be thier duty, but
> >perhaps that is a slippery slope and its all our duty. Therefore the change
> >should be a way to encourage logs. The arrl as a whole needs to think
> >outside of
> >the box.
> >
> >Perhaps a free years membership as a door prize for those who enter is a
> >small token. Or points towards a lifetime membership for any contest
> >entered.
> >After all if they are using logs to justify spectrum, then those who invest
> >in
> >the equipment to utilize the spectrum are paying out the nose to support the
> >arrl's justification of spectrum allocation. (say that 10 times fast).
> >
> >If someone is a life member let them gift the points or 1 year membership to
> >another party who may not be a current member. Its like free advertising
> >from
> >the fruits of spectrum use.
> >
> >Sponsership of all the contests by the radio makers and hro/aes ect... would
> >be good. This of course would have to be handled by someone at the arrl who
> >is
> >impartial and appointed by the system. Again I say that it would not be
> >based on scores, but on random drawing by those who enter a log.
> >
> >
> >Pointing fingers won't help, it seems they are nearly 100% in agreement on
> >some of the changes. Some of which I like, except I think jan should be the
> >smaller contest limited to 1.2 because of snow and lack of hill tops. They
> >are
> >cutting off band use big time there. But maybe the idea is to make it
> >easier
> >to get new people in on june and I would trade the microwaves for 25 percent
> >more people.
> >
> >73s
> >listen for the aurora today, even though its not contest time.
> >k3uhf
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