Re: [VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF 2005 results?!

["John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK" <k9jk73@msn.com>]

Olli,

You were the Top Scorer in the QRP-Hilltopper Category for Germany and, if I 
read correctly, for all of Europe. Further, your call is in "Bold" which 
indicates that you should get a certificate. Congratulations!

Feedback for John, W1XX (and the "Contest Quahogs"). I realize that the work 
behind the CQ WW VHF Contest is largely if not entirely voluntary but Olli 
makes a good point...since CQ may not be as available through the rest of 
the world as it is here in the U.S. and the CQ WW VHF Contest is THE 
"Worldwide" VHF Contest (witness Fred Laun's report about the publicity 
effort and activity that resulted in Thailand), I'll take Olli's note about 
results not being widely available one step further and suggest that it 
would be a good idea to make the results, AT LEAST "Line Scores" available 
on the web...and AT LEAST for non-North American participants. The 
"dedicated" web page for the CQ WW VHF contest already exists 
(http://www.cqww-vhf.com/ , thanks to NC1C, if I read correctly)...seems 
like it wouldn't take much to make the Line Scores available on that page. I 
don't proclaim to be a web page author but I'd volunteer to put that 
together if that is what it would take.

And please don't take this as "sour grapes"...I really enjoy the CQ WW VHF 
and DO appreciate CQ's sponsorhip of it as well as all of the "volunteer" 
efforts that "we" don't really see. I'm trying to be "constructive" here.

To the rest of the VHF Contesting subscribers...
-Am I alone in this thinking?
-Would some more complete result availability help to "stem" the "continued 
decline in 2-meter North American contest activity" that was reported in the 
2005 results article?

Stepping down from the soapbox, now.

73, JK


> From: Oliver Dröse <droese@necg.de>
> To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF 2005 results?!
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:40:27 +0200
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> I've heard that the CQ WW VHF 2005 contest results are out printed in CQ
> magazine 4/06. Anybody out there who can scan it and send as email? Sure 
> would
> like to know what I placed ... ;-)) Many thanks in advance!
>
> BTW: It's a pity that those results are not made available publicly. :-( 
> That's
> for sure one of the reasons why this one doesn't attract too many 
> participants
> over here in Europe ...
>
> Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA


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