Hi,
Many years ago, maybe 1990 or so, when we still had paper call books, there
was a call book listing of license classes by state. I went through the
list and found that MD had the most Extra Class licenses. I don't remember
if it was the greatest number or the highest percentage, or both, but that
state stood out.
If you've visited the DC area recently you'll have seen the tremendous
growth in the surrounding MD and VA areas. Rolling country vistas have been
transformed into endless housing developments. There's been a huge influx
of people, many in government, defense and national security jobs, along
with high tech industries. Not to mention all kinds of contractors, lobbyists
and hangers-on. The population grows as the government grows. The
corridor between Washington and Baltimore is top heavy with federal facilities
and the Dulles region is filling up, too.
This well educated and highly motivated population is full of vigorously
active ham radio operators, so it's no surprise to see MD and VA at the head
of the list. It would be even more interesting to see how many of them
reside within a 50 mile radius of Capitol Hill.
73,
Ken, AB1J
In a message dated 2014-11-19 9:05:49 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
kzerohb@gmail.com writes:
Usually I count on the "Big Seven" for 20% of my SS QSO's, in this general
order:
MDC (Can't remember a contest where this wasn't #1)
VA
AZ
MN
WWA
OR
OH
73, de Hans, K0HB
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Boyars
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:36 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] A comment from SS
In an e-mail to me, VE4EA expressed this sentiment:
"And yes, where do I sign the petition to get MDC divided into 5 sections?"
Gee, was it really that bad??
73, Art K3KU
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