That's only partly true. The ARRL contest desk was
inundated by multiple entries from guys travelling to
grids to give points to their friends in contests. I
was one of them. I was a rogue. One contest, I visited
DM82, DM81, DM92, DM91, DM83 and DM93 just to give
WI5Q contacts on 1296. I sent these in as separate
entries because there was no other way to allow WI5Q
to have credit for all six grids. It was shortly after
that that the rover category was created. I believe
that a lot of the problems introduced via the rover
rules were as a result of the ARRL contest desk having
direct influence on the creation of those rules.
Paul
--- "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:53:21AM -0800, Paul
> Kiesel wrote:
> >
> > The ARRL contest desk would not attempt to explain
> why
> > any rule was made. Instead, they pointed me toward
> my
> > Division Director (now SK) who, I am sorry to say,
> was
> > simply clueless about these matters and was not
> > interested in helping.
>
> The ARRL Contest Branch only administers the
> contests,
> they do not create the rules. Contest rules are
> created
> by a subset of the ARRL Board of Directors (those on
> the
> Membership Services Committee).
>
> The scenario you describe would be like asking an
> FBI
> agent why Congress passed a particular law. She
> could
> certainly hold a personal opinion on the subject, of
>
> course, but would have no official role of
> representation.
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker@kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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