I say great, let them inspect... or watch on my webcams that are already
running if they want. But I'm sure its not stations that come in routinely
in the middle of the pack they will be looking at. I'm just wondering how
they are going to pay for the visits and who is going to take time out from
contesting to go do them.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Green WC1M [mailto:wc1m73@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 20:32
> To: 'Barry'; CQ-Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
>
> I won't comment on the merits of the rule, but I'd like to point out that
> many participants consider contesting much, much more than a hobby.
>
> There may not be big prizes and millions in endorsements, but a *lot* of
> money gets spent on contest stations. It's easily tens of millions of
> dollars worldwide, especially when you consider land costs. Some of the
> top
> contending stations have cost well over $100,000 to build, and some have
> even cost hundreds of thousands.
>
> You can add to the dollar cost many thousands of man-hours to design,
> build
> and maintain the stations, as well as the time spent operating and
> learning
> how to operate better. And some of those hours, on the tower or in the
> chair, are very strenuous indeed.
>
> Many of our fellow contesters have pursued this passion for decades, since
> they were teenagers or younger, pouring enormous amounts of financial,
> physical, mental, intellectual and emotional resources into the quest.
> These
> people care very deeply about the results and even more deeply about
> fairness of the game.
>
> There may be reasons why CQ shouldn't use inspectors or DQ people for 5
> years for failing to cooperate, but contesting not being important enough
> to
> deserve the scrutiny isn't one of them.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barry [mailto:w2up@comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:51 AM
> > To: CQ-Contest
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
> >
> > <sarcasm>Inspections are essential. After all, the stakes are very
> > high. Big prizes, millions in endorsements, picture on a Wheaties
> > box...</sarcasm>
> > Barry W2UP
> >
> > K0HB wrote:
> > > It's come to this. Below is an excerpt from CQWW 2009 rules posted at
> > > http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WWDXContestRules%20200973109.pdf
> > >
> > > "A competitor contacted by the CQ
> > > WW Contest Commmittee prior to the
> > > contest must agree to a scheduled visitation
> > > by a representative of the CQ
> > > WW CC during the contest. Failure of
> > > the entrant to respond to our correspondence
> > > or to allow an observer full
> > > access to the contest QTH will result in
> > > the entrant's call being removed from
> > > award eligibility for 5 years."
> > >
> > > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > > Sea stories here ---> http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/
> > > Search my log at ---> http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?k0hb
> > >
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> > Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO
> >
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